Irish Slavery

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09-09-16, 22:10
willie wacker

Irish Slavery

A forgotten History and shame on the World

http://yournewswire.com/almost-one-m...-from-history/

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They came in the holds of overcrowded ships, packed in among cargo and animals, and those who survived the journey were bought and sold in chains to work as hard as their owners chose. They were taken to the Carribean, to the American colonies, and beyond. Sound familiar? But these forced immigrants, deprived of all personal freedom, were Irish slaves, and their servitude started long before black slavery was common.
09-09-16, 22:13
willie wacker

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Originally Posted by shyguyshyguy12

Most civilizations had slavery, even today :(

A very sad fact

Read the article , might be a lesson for us all
09-09-16, 22:38
Mister Anderson

Is it any wonder its taken us this long to get to where we are when the wounds are so deep?
09-09-16, 22:53
whoseyourdaddy

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Originally Posted by Mister Anderson

Is it any wonder its taken us this long to get to where we are when the wounds are so deep?

We have evolved to get to where we are but the genetic code dreams remain to remind.
09-09-16, 23:15
Mister Anderson

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Originally Posted by whoseyourdaddy

We have evolved to get to where we are but the genetic code dreams remain to remind.

It's in the blood innit.

On a side note. I listened to a 2fm broadcast some time back where a renowned professor of american heritage argued that the high rate of Irish mental illness today is attributable to the generations of starvation known as the great famine. It's something that effects the genes apparently.

Personally I thing the good professor may be blind to our Celtic roots.
09-09-16, 23:25
alcatel

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Originally Posted by Mister Anderson

It's in the blood innit.

On a side note. I listened to a 2fm broadcast some time back where a renowned professor of american heritage argued that the high rate of Irish mental illness today is attributable to the generations of starvation known as the great famine. It's something that effects the genes apparently.

Personally I thing the good professor may be blind to our Celtic roots.

No it's just the Irish weather that drives us mad.

Epigenetics.
09-09-16, 23:36
whoseyourdaddy

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Originally Posted by Mister Anderson

It's in the blood innit.

On a side note. I listened to a 2fm broadcast some time back where a renowned professor of american heritage argued that the high rate of Irish mental illness today is attributable to the generations of starvation known as the great famine. It's something that effects the genes apparently.

Personally I thing the good professor may be blind to our Celtic roots.

I agree, there is a melancholia in our Celtic roots.
09-09-16, 23:44
Mister Anderson

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Originally Posted by whoseyourdaddy

I agree, there is a melancholia in our Celtic roots.

Tis true.

Tis also a fucking shame.
09-09-16, 23:59
Mister Anderson

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Originally Posted by alcatel

No it's just the Irish weather that drives us mad.

Epigenetics.

I've ate two pounds of steak. I'm going to sreep.
10-09-16, 00:02
whoseyourdaddy

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Originally Posted by Mister Anderson

Tis true.

Tis also a fucking shame.

Tis what makes you a warrior poet. Don't knock it.
10-09-16, 01:37
f1 away

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Originally Posted by willie wacker

A forgotten History and shame on the World

http://yournewswire.com/almost-one-m...-from-history/

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http://cdns.yournewswire.com/wp-cont...es-800x350.png
They came in the holds of overcrowded ships, packed in among cargo and animals, and those who survived the journey were bought and sold in chains to work as hard as their owners chose. They were taken to the Carribean, to the American colonies, and beyond. Sound familiar? But these forced immigrants, deprived of all personal freedom, were Irish slaves, and their servitude started long before black slavery was common.

I think I'm right in saying it a field of cotton these kids are
Working in just trying to survive day by day braking there little back to keep Some rich person happy
Just look at there littie face
I wonder who they were how long did they live for
Shame on these people
11-09-16, 03:41
Cassandra

Indentured servitude was not the same as slavery. These distinctions matter,

Short read.
http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/iris...69653-Oct2015/

Longer read
https://www.opendemocracy.net/beyond...onvenient-myth

Other than that the OP's article was a interesting read. I'd argue theyre in danger of dissapearing from history due to such harmful myths.
guess knowing how these things go I'll have to say again by bringing race/slavery into the discussion I am not calling anyone racist.
Not that saying this will stop the stirrers but worth saying all the same.