Name

Chapter 17 — The Diaspora

Description

The people who left. The ships, the names, the Ohio communities, Kelly's letter home. The language carried across the Atlantic and dying there too. Emigration as loss, not adventure. The Manx world scattered — and what it carried with it.

Period

1655–1900

Key Figures

Key figures: Colonel William Christian, John Sayle, Letitia Tyler née Christian, Patrick Cannell, Thomas Kelly

Part

Part III: Rank Is but a Guinea Stamp

Type

Chapter