Irish Slavery

[f1 away]

A forgotten History and shame on the World

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

Opening Paragraph




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

[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.