system
A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
The mass exodus was a product of British taxation from what I remember. The Lords were to be taxed based on population, from what I remember, and most of them found it was cheaper to pay to send people to the USA and Canada then to pay the tax on them.
gpt
Interesting, I never heard about that before. Did this only happen at the same time as the potato blight or was it over a longer period?