... which the people were living with before. By December 1845, the price of potatoes had doubled, and by the summer of 1847, over 3 million people were being fed by government soup kitchens and those organized by Quakers (TGF). The people were so starved that many resorted to "Bleeding", which was draining a little bit of cows blood and mixing it with rotten ... potatoes and cabbage to make soup (TFI). Between 1845 and 1850, over 1 million Irish starved to death, 500,000 were evicted and 500,000 emigrated to America, Britain, or Australia on rotting, overcrowded "Coffin Ships" (VOG ... , o...

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