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Thesis: During the Irish Potato Famine, British ignorance of the treatment of tenants by landlords led to unfair treatment in the form of eviction for many Irish civilians. Scropes poses the question, what is to be done with those who are almost guaranteed death? Through this question Scropes poses the argument that better care should be taken of the Irish civilians in general.

I. Scropes

A. Member of Parliament

B. Advocated recognition of tenant rights in Ireland.

i. Eviction often meant death sentence during Potato Famine

II. Eviction

A. Lives of the peasantry are unprotected by law.
i. Peasants must protect themselves through criminal outrage

B. Mr. Gerrard
i. Evicted 400 people

ii. Marquis of Waterford, Mr. Clark and Mr. Pierce Carrick did the same.

C. Scropes’ question: “What becomes of them?” – those who must survive after eviction, which often guaranteed death.