Indianapolis: A City of Immigrants

Indianapolis: A City of Immigrants
ISBN-10
0871952998
ISBN-13
9780871952998
Series
Indianapolis
Category
Social Science
Pages
70
Language
English
Published
2012-01-01
Publisher
Indiana Historical Society
Author
M. Teresa Baer

Description

The booklet opens with the Delaware Indians prior to 1818. White Americans quickly replaced the natives. Germanic people arrived during the mid-nineteenth century. African American indentured servants and free blacks migrated to Indianapolis. After the Civil War, southern blacks poured into the city. Fleeing war and political unrest, thousands of eastern and southern Europeans came to Indianapolis. Anti-immigration laws slowed immigration until World War II. Afterward, the city welcomed students and professionals from Asia and the Middle East and refugees from war-torn countries such as Vietnam and poor countries such as Mexico. Today, immigrants make Indianapolis more diverse and culturally rich than ever before.

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