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Vincent J. Cannoto: A Trip To Ellis Island

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Hi, I'm Vito. I will never forget the day. it was Monday january 1st 1892. It was a cold gloomy night, very miserable. The ship angrily rocked back and forth, making its way to the land of opportunity. Then, seasickness settled in. Many on board were seriously ill, including me. Fatigue and nausea consumed my body, and the days in the dark, cramped ship dragged on. I refused to eat the cold, hard food provided for the passengers. My seasickness slowly got better until I was fully recovered by the time the last, gloomy week of the voyage came. More people became sick, and we remained stuffed at the bottom of the steerage. There was a lot of passengers. The Americans couldn't help how we was cramped and had bad food because they were already in debt. The plaque on the Statue of Liberty for immigrants to read as they reach Ellis Island reads as: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”Vincent J. Cannoto. …show more content…

It was estimated that steamship companies at Bremen had refused to sell tickets to some 8,000 potential Americans that were forced back to Europe. I was almost sent back to Europe I was so scared I had to sit in a room starring out a window watching as everyone else were going straight into America. I was heartbroken I really was so exited about going to America. I had very little money barley any clothes. But in my head I was thinking “I've made it this far I will make it into

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