The Resource Under the starry flag : how a band of Irish Americans joined the Fenian revolt and sparked a crisis over citizenship, Lucy E. Salyer
Under the starry flag : how a band of Irish Americans joined the Fenian revolt and sparked a crisis over citizenship, Lucy E. Salyer
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- Summary
- In 1867 forty Irish-American freedom fighters, outfitted with guns and ammunition, sailed to Ireland to join the effort to end British rule. Yet they never got a chance to fight. British authorities arrested them for treason as soon as they landed, sparking an international conflict that dragged the United States and England to the brink of war. Under the Starry Flag recounts this gripping legal saga, a prelude to today's immigration battles. The Fenians, as the freedom fighters were known, claimed American citizenship. British authorities disagreed, insisting that naturalized Irish Americans remained British subjects. Following in the wake of the Civil War, the Fenian crisis dramatized anew the idea of citizenship as an inalienable right, as natural as freedom of speech and religion. The captivating trial of these men illustrated the stakes of extending those rights to arrivals from far-flung lands. The case of the Fenians, Lucy E. Salyer shows, led to landmark treaties and laws acknowledging the right of exit. The U.S. Congress passed the Expatriation Act of 1868, which guaranteed the right to renounce one's citizenship, in the same month it granted citizenship to former American slaves. The small ruckus created by these impassioned Irish Americans provoked a human rights revolution that is not, even now, fully realized. Placing Reconstruction-era debates over citizenship within a global context, Under the Starry Flag raises important questions about citizenship and immigration.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 316 pages
- Contents
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- Part Two.
- Citizenship on trial
- A floating rebellion
- The voice from the dungeon
- All the world's a stage
- Part Three.
- Reconstructing citizenship
- Are naturalized Americans, Americans?
- This is a white man's government!
- The politics of expatriation
- Prologue:
- Private diplomatizing
- Treating expatriation
- Epilogue:
- Exits
- Erin's hope and the forgotten right of expatriation
- Part One.
- The Fenians and the making of a crisis
- Clonakilty, God help us!
- Exiles and expatriates
- The Fenian pest
- Civis Americanus sum
- Isbn
- 9780674057630
- Label
- Under the starry flag : how a band of Irish Americans joined the Fenian revolt and sparked a crisis over citizenship
- Title
- Under the starry flag
- Title remainder
- how a band of Irish Americans joined the Fenian revolt and sparked a crisis over citizenship
- Statement of responsibility
- Lucy E. Salyer
- Subject
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- Expatriation -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Expatriation -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Fenians
- Citizenship -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Irish Americans -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1865-1898
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1867 forty Irish-American freedom fighters, outfitted with guns and ammunition, sailed to Ireland to join the effort to end British rule. Yet they never got a chance to fight. British authorities arrested them for treason as soon as they landed, sparking an international conflict that dragged the United States and England to the brink of war. Under the Starry Flag recounts this gripping legal saga, a prelude to today's immigration battles. The Fenians, as the freedom fighters were known, claimed American citizenship. British authorities disagreed, insisting that naturalized Irish Americans remained British subjects. Following in the wake of the Civil War, the Fenian crisis dramatized anew the idea of citizenship as an inalienable right, as natural as freedom of speech and religion. The captivating trial of these men illustrated the stakes of extending those rights to arrivals from far-flung lands. The case of the Fenians, Lucy E. Salyer shows, led to landmark treaties and laws acknowledging the right of exit. The U.S. Congress passed the Expatriation Act of 1868, which guaranteed the right to renounce one's citizenship, in the same month it granted citizenship to former American slaves. The small ruckus created by these impassioned Irish Americans provoked a human rights revolution that is not, even now, fully realized. Placing Reconstruction-era debates over citizenship within a global context, Under the Starry Flag raises important questions about citizenship and immigration.--
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- Salyer, Lucy E
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Citizenship
- Expatriation
- Expatriation
- Irish Americans
- Fenians
- United States
- United States
- Great Britain
- Label
- Under the starry flag : how a band of Irish Americans joined the Fenian revolt and sparked a crisis over citizenship, Lucy E. Salyer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Part Two.
- Citizenship on trial
- A floating rebellion
- The voice from the dungeon
- All the world's a stage
- Part Three.
- Reconstructing citizenship
- Are naturalized Americans, Americans?
- This is a white man's government!
- The politics of expatriation
- Prologue:
- Private diplomatizing
- Treating expatriation
- Epilogue:
- Exits
- Erin's hope and the forgotten right of expatriation
- Part One.
- The Fenians and the making of a crisis
- Clonakilty, God help us!
- Exiles and expatriates
- The Fenian pest
- Civis Americanus sum
- Control code
- on1023094595
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 316 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674057630
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1023094595
- Label
- Under the starry flag : how a band of Irish Americans joined the Fenian revolt and sparked a crisis over citizenship, Lucy E. Salyer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Part Two.
- Citizenship on trial
- A floating rebellion
- The voice from the dungeon
- All the world's a stage
- Part Three.
- Reconstructing citizenship
- Are naturalized Americans, Americans?
- This is a white man's government!
- The politics of expatriation
- Prologue:
- Private diplomatizing
- Treating expatriation
- Epilogue:
- Exits
- Erin's hope and the forgotten right of expatriation
- Part One.
- The Fenians and the making of a crisis
- Clonakilty, God help us!
- Exiles and expatriates
- The Fenian pest
- Civis Americanus sum
- Control code
- on1023094595
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 316 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674057630
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1023094595
Subject
- Expatriation -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Expatriation -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Fenians
- Citizenship -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Irish Americans -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1865-1898
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States
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