Colombians
Marcella Correa, the mayor of Don Matías, Colombia, addressed Colombians in East Boston in 2015. Photo by Jorge Caravallo.
The West End
Corner of Spring and Chambers Streets in Boston's West End, 1910. Courtesy of the Trustees of Boston Public Library.
Map of Boston’s Foreign Born, 2020
Map and data courtesy of the Boston Planning and Development Agency
The Provincials: Migrants from the Maritimes
Boston-bound steamers in Yarmouth Harbor, Nova Scotia, 1900.
Cholera Report
In the summer of 1849, Boston was engulfed in a cholera epidemic that spread from England to the US via emigrant ships. Irish immigrants were particularly hard hit by the disease, accounting for more than 500 of the 611 recorded deaths…
