Late Victorian Holocausts Draft 2 (Working Draft) 11/24/01 ...

As the famine ran its course, it is estimated that about 1 million people died, and another 2 million emigrated from a population that in 1845 stood at 8.5 million. Elsewhere the total figure of 3 million is cited for the period of 10 years following the first blight, and … ................
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