The Ocean Plague: Or, A Voyage to Quebec in an Irish Emigrant Vessel: Embracing a Quarantine (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781019376195)

In 1847, the ship The Syria departed from Ireland with 440 passengers, most of whom were fleeing the Great Famine. But upon arriving in Quebec, more than half of them had perished due to typhus, a highly contagious disease that spread rapidly in the unsanitary conditions of the ship. The Ocean Plague is an eye-opening account of the horror and suffering endured by the Irish immigrants who embarked on the perilous journey to North America.

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