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The Great Irish Famine
In Our Time
The Early Years of the Famine
In the early years of the famine, there's well-documented instances where food convoys were attacked by people. There was a sort of popular protest to try and ensure that food remained at prices that people could afford. So it's not a case of stealing food. It's a case of imposing a sort of a moral economy that food isn't exported. And one of the interesting things which Travallian, who we mentioned already, he reinforces military,. The role of the military in protecting food convoys that are going up and down to it. They did. As time went on, it became like an accelerator. More people were dying, more people were migrating to various places,
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