“The Public Has The Right to be Protected From A Deadly Scourge”: Debating Quarantine, Migration and Liberal Governance during the 1847 Typhus Outbreak in Montreal

• Published in: Journal of the Canadian Historical Association
• Main Author: Horner, Dan
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Canadian Historical Association / La Société historique du Canada 2012
• Subjects: Lawrence River; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1015728ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/1015728ar

During the summer of 1847 the impact of famine, disease, and social upheaval in Ireland was felt in port cities across the North Atlantic World. As an important hub of commerce and migration, Montreal was deeply affected by these events. The arrival of thousands of Irish migrants, many of whom had c...