Una "Siberia Piemontese?". La deportazione degli esuli indesiderati negli anni Cinquanta dell'Ottocento

Author(s)
Elena Bacchin
Abstract

During the 1850s, in the very moment that it was presenting itself as a Champion of liberalism and constitutionalism in the Italian peninsula, the Kingdom of Sardinia forcibly removed exiles who had been arrested for taking part in insurrections or who were considered dangerous. From April 1853 until March 1855, threeboats transported to the United States refugees coming from other areas of the Peninsula, as a means to guarantee the security of the State, silence the Opposition and prove to Austria the willingness to keep revolutionaries at bay. However, the landing in New York of these refugees, neither charged nor sentenced, created issues related to the international law, the Status of the transportees, and policies of immigration. Piedmont was accused of seeking to transform the United States into a penitentiary colony.

Organisation(s)
University of Vienna
Journal
Studi Storici
Volume
64
Pages
315-343
No. of pages
29
ISSN
0039-3037
Publication date
2023
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
601014 Modern history
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
History
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/53e2ba2f-b54e-4774-89ad-7305c0ac07a6