Conditions of traveling to america
.... he sleeping quarters were cramped and we had to had to do our own cooking in the gallery of the boat. Mother had provided salt beef and other preserved meats and fish, dried vegetables, and red pickled cabbage To maximize their profits shipowners tried to cram as many people as possible on board for the trip. Immigrants suffered many dangers when crossing the Atlantic. This included fires and shipwrecks. A major problem for emigrants on board ship was disease. There were serious outbreaks of cholera in 1832, 1848 and 1853. The most common killer was typhus. It was particularly bad when the passengers had been weakened by a poor diet. steamships to transport immigrants to America. The fare was double that charged by sailing ships. However, it was much faster and by the 1870s the journey across the Atlantic was only taking two weeks. he sleeping quarters were cramped and we had to had to do our own cooking in the gallery of the boat. Mother had provided salt beef and other preserved meats and fish, dried vegetables, and red pickled cabbage To maximize their profits shipowners tried to cram as many people as possible on board for the trip. Immigrants suffered many dangers when crossing the Atlantic. This included fires and shipwrecks. A major prob...