Name

Ohio Settlements

Description

Manx emigrants settled in Ohio in the 1820s-1840s, driven by the economic collapse that followed the Revestment. John Sayle wrote home from Ohio in Manx Gaelic. The language lived longer in Ohio than it did on the Island — one of the book's most powerful single sentences.

Location

Ohio, United States

Related To

Chapter 17

Type

Settlement / Diaspora