PENNSYLVANIA

Around the World November 1, 2010

The Irish-immigrant railroad workers were all but forgotten, buried in a mass, unmarked grave in 1832.
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PENNSYLVANIA: The Irish-immigrant railroad workers were all but forgotten, buried in a mass, unmarked grave in 1832. Railroad documents state that all 57 young men died of cholera, but now a team of historians and other researchers has found the grave—along with evidence that the story of these deaths might not be on the up-and-up. Some of the first bodies excavated show signs of having met extremely violent ends at a time when anti-Irish sentiment was high. 

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