2025-01-01 17:21:11
This is a repeat of the Irish slaves myth . There were Irish indentured servants this is not the same as being a slave Academic reference - [Link] In newspapers - - [Link] - [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(36-1-52) Author
2025-01-01 18:36:31
NNN. Source admits there were “involuntary indentured servants.” It’s an opinion that a mandatory servant is different than a slave. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(19-1-6) Author
2025-01-01 19:02:05
'Without Indentures' uncovers the names of thousands of kidnapped children between 1660-1720 and sold into slavery in Maryland and Virginia from Ireland, England and Scotland. Based on court records, it includes an index of children, their owners, court dates, and ages. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(24-1-4) Author
2025-01-01 22:08:57
The Irish slave trade began when 30,000 Irish prisoners were sold as slaves to the New World. The King James I Proclamation of 1625 required Irish political prisoners be sent overseas and sold to English settlers. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(14-0-6) Author
2025-01-01 22:50:28
NNN -- "In 1625, an official Proclamation ordered for Irish prisoners to get rounded up and sold as slaves to English Planters.... By 1637 approx. 69% of the population of Montserrat were Irish slaves." [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(18-1-6) Author
2025-01-01 23:16:17
82 Irish scholars signed an open letter in 2016 condemning this pseudohistory. Indentured servitude was transitory and legally different than chattel slavery, and many indentured servitude contracts were voluntary. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(42-1-27) Author
2025-01-02 09:11:02
There is a debate on whether the Irish should be considered slaves or indentured servants. The author addresses this later in the thread. [Link] The debate is heavily politicised. Somewhat objective definition of indentured servitude here [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(4-1-6) Author