 “They had no idea of the human toll that the work would take, over time. In fact, that they couldn’t find enough Americans to do the work.”
Labor historian Joe McCartin, talking about the Erie Canal workers on this week’s Labor History Today podcast, available on your favorite podcast app. photo: Irish canal workers; courtesy The Wild Geese blog Comments are closed.
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