This reminds me of the plebians in ancient rome, they were lower class citiziens, probably immigrants and had no rights whatsoever. In time they gather enough influence and power to gain citizenship. From wikipedia:
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Even so, the "Conflict of the Orders" over the political status of the plebeians went on for the first two centuries of the Republic, ending with the formal equality of plebeians and patricians in 287 BC. The plebeians achieved this by developing their own organizations (the concilium plebis), leaders (the tribunes and plebeian aediles). When the plebeians felt the situation had become dire, they would instigate a secessio plebis, a sort of general strike where plebeians would literally leave Rome, leaving the patricians to themselves.
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