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At least part of the reason that individuals traveled freely is that only rich individuals traveled. Paupers from London didn't get on ships to the new world -
by laverya 3y ago
At least part of the reason that individuals traveled freely is that only rich individuals traveled.
Paupers from London didn't get on ships to the new world - not without selling themselves into indentured servitude.
When the economic barriers to migration fell to the point that subsistence farmers could travel between continents, we were always going to see either an equalization of living standards or the rise of political barriers.
- bobthepanda 3y agoYes. Even before the adoption of visas, the traveling experience for a first class passenger on a ship was very different from third class getting routed via Ellis Island in the US.