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It lasted until 1848, and it is estimated that more than one million people died and as many emigrated to escape the ravages of the catastrophe.
The native Timorese (and most Indonesians) are descendents of Malay people who emigrated from China about 4,500 years ago.
Robertson, who claims his family emigrated from Scotland in 1695 (the same year the bank was founded), made a deal with it last March to start a telephone banking service in the United States.
I have been troubled by the use of African-American and AfroAmerican to describe the people in question, especially since a dear friend of mine, who is solid Caucasian, emigrated from South Africa and is now a citizen and thus is aptly described as an African-American!
Five years later, the population had dwindled to 6.5 million: Two million had emigrated, and over 1 million had died.