Sowing the wind: the deporation raids of 1920 in New Hampshire: Historical New Hampshire/ by David Williams.

Title:

Sowing the wind: the deporation raids of 1920 in New Hampshire: Historical New Hampshire/ by David Williams.

Author:

Williams, David,

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1978.

Physical Description:

p. 1-31.

Source:

Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1979 Vol. 34, issue 1 (Spring 1979) Historical New Hampshire

Description:

On Friday January 2, 1920 United States Justice Department agents with the aid of local police made 260 arrests of suspected anarchists and political radicals in eight cities and towns in New Hampshire.These arrests were largely of immigrants form southern and eastern Europe and were a part of a nationwide dragnet later dubbed" The Palmer Raids". Fear of a communist revolution spreading to the U.S. from eastern Europe prompted the raids. The necessity, legality, and the constitutionality of these raids were widely called in to question and critized. The author examines the effects of these raids on a local and national level.

Subjects:

Communism History. United States , Civil rights. , Radicalism United States. , Emigration and immigration law. , Freedom of speech.

Organizations:

New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.

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