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Irish Immigrants in New York City, 1945-1995 (Indiana University Press, 2001). Anbinder, Tyler. Five Points: The 19th-century New York City neighborhood that invented tap dance, stole elections, and became the world's most notorious slum (Simon and Schuster, 2001).
In New York, Archbishop John Hughes (1797–1864), an Irish immigrant himself, was deeply involved in "the Irish question"—Irish independence from British rule. Hughes supported Daniel O'Connell 's Catholic emancipation movement in Ireland, but rejected such radical and violent societies as the Young Irelanders and the National Brotherhood .
After they came, Irish immigrants often crowded into subdivided homes, only meant for one family, and cellars, attics, and alleys all became home for some Irish immigrants. [122] In fact, New York once had more Irish people than Dublin itself. [122]
During the 1840s, hundreds of thousands of Irish immigrants arrived in New York City to escape the Great Famine and Tammany saw its power grow greatly. [39] Tammany Hall's electoral base lay predominantly with New York's burgeoning immigrant constituency, which often exchanged political support for Tammany Hall's patronage.
An Irish immigrant, having suffered through an arduous overseas journey, [2] would have been thrust into a difficult and unfamiliar situation, as many were poor and unused to American customs. Soon, however, the number of Irish-Americans in some cities grew so great that immigrant Patrick Murphy stated "New York is a grand handsome city.
1 Large cities with the highest percentage of Irish ancestry. 2 Medium-size cities. 3 Small cities, towns, and villages. ... New York 11.23%; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ...
New York City, with about 800,000 Puerto Rican residents, has the largest Puerto Rican population outside of Puerto Rico. Another historically significant ethnic group are Italians, who emigrated to the city in large numbers during the late 19th century. New York City is home to the largest Italian American population in the United States.
Under a New York state law created in 1821, African American men in the state could vote only if they had $250 worth of property and had lived in the state for at least three years. [13] [28] Owning property was a way to gain political power, and the purchase of land by Black people likely had a significant effect on their political engagement.