“Slavery in a Free Land”: American Immigration Policy, Labor Relations, and the Italian Padrone System, 1885 –1895

Advisors: Victoria De Grazia (Columbia), Elisabeth Ingleson (LSE) 

“The Congressional Investigation into the Evils of Immigration - ‘Scenes in Mulberry Bend,’ The Italian Quarter in Mulberry Street, New York City - The Padrone,” Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, August 11, 1888, HathiTrust.