New Orleans: Crescent of Darkness- A Threads of Damocles "A" Universe


	Irish Channel Irish peasants fleeing the potato famine in the 1840s and 1850s debarked at Adele Street and were channeled from there to the rest of the country. While there were wealthy, prominent Irish people, the Irish who came after the 1840s were largely penniless and had to work as laborers. With no money to explore beyond their debarkation point, many lower-income Irish settled right on that spot. Along the river there are slaughterhouses, tallow factories, steam driven cotton presses and even a sugar refinery. Work can easily be found in the area for butchers, blacksmiths, bricklayers, saddlers and draymen. As is true elsewhere in the country, the Irish of New Orleans are often considered "expendable" labor. Many are killed while employed at dangerous construction work and other manual labor. The riverfront is also home to petty thieves and prostitutes. Those who survive the recurring epidemics of yellow fever and saved their money may become small businessmen or enter local politics, which helps them to prosper and gain prestige.

Irish Channel

Irish peasants fleeing the potato famine in the 1840s and 1850s debarked at Adele Street and were channeled from there to the rest of the country.

While there were wealthy, prominent Irish people, the Irish who came after the 1840s were largely penniless and had to work as laborers. With no money to explore beyond their debarkation point, many lower-income Irish settled right on that spot.

Along the river there are slaughterhouses, tallow factories, steam driven cotton presses and even a sugar refinery. Work can easily be found in the area for butchers, blacksmiths, bricklayers, saddlers and draymen. As is true elsewhere in the country, the Irish of New Orleans are often considered "expendable" labor. Many are killed while employed at dangerous construction work and other manual labor. The riverfront is also home to petty thieves and prostitutes.

Those who survive the recurring epidemics of yellow fever and saved their money may become small businessmen or enter local politics, which helps them to prosper and gain prestige.