My name is Joe and I live in London, England. When I was eight years old my parents decided to move to America. I wasn't sure about going, but my parents said America promised free land and easier work. So we went to the New World.
It was 1850 when my family decided to move to America. Our farm was not producing enough crops for us to sell. My parents got the idea from seeing advertisements of free land in America. We did not have enough money to travel there. We had to sell all our belongings and save our money. When the day came for us to leave we went to the dock and boarded the…