Ellis island is a small island in the New York harbor. Between 1855-1890 over 8 million people came through there. Between 1892-1954 over 12 million immagrants came through there. Most of the people came from England, Ireland,Germany, and Scandanavia. Ellis island grew from 3.3 acres to 27.4 acres.
Ellis island was known as the first federal immagration station, as stated by the president Benjamin Harrison in 1890.
During the Revolutionary war when Britian was in control of New York Ellis Island was turned into a naval base.
When people got there if their papers were good and they were in good health their inspection would last 3 to 5 hours.On the ship manifest log you could find the persons name, and the answers to 29 questions they had to answer.
The island was known as the island of tears but truthfully everybody there was treated respectfully.
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