Phakathi kowe-1892 nowe-1954, abafuduki ababefika kunxweme lwaseUnited States badlula ngaphantsi kobuso obunqabileyo beLady Liberty ngaphambi kokumisa e-Ellis Island. Iziko lokulungisa elingaphezulu kwesigidi se-12 sabantu, i-Ellis Island yafumana igama lesidlaliso elithandabuzekayo le-Isle of Hope, i-Isle of Tears.
Emva kokuvalwa kwayo, isiqithi i-Ellis saguqulwa senziwa imyuziyam. Unyaka ngamnye, iindwendwe ziza kubona isango lembali eliya kwisiXeko saseNew York -kubandakanya uyilo loHlaziyo lwe-Renaissance olubonisa iitayile ezintsonkothileyo zikaGuastavino. Kodwa indawo efana ne-Ellis Island ayikho ngaphandle kwesabelo sayo semfihlakalo kunye neenyaniso ezingaziwayo.
Isiqithi i-Ellis sasikhe sasisiqithi
Ukuba ubuyela emva kwiinkulungwane ezimbalwa ezizayo, uya kufumanisa ukuba isiza se-Ellis Island sasiyinxalenye nje yethambeka lamaza elaliqhutywa ziimbatyisi, ezazingumthombo obalulekileyo wokutya kubantu bomthonyama baseLenape. Enye yeeflethi ekugqibeleni yabizwa ngokuba sisiQithi seGibbet (emva kokuba abanye abaphangi bexhonywe esidlangalaleni apho) ngaphambi kokuba ithengwe nguSamuel Ellis (ogama lakhe lathi nca). Ekugqibeleni, isiqithi saba yindawo yeFort Gibson kwaye saqhubeka sisebenza njengeziko lomkhosi uninzi lwee-1800s. Kwakungekho ulwakhiwo lukaloliwe eMantla mpuma olufuna indawo yokuzaliswa komhlaba apho esi siqithi sakhula ngokobukhulu.