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The Irish slave trade began to decline after William the Conqueror consolidated control of the English and Welsh coasts around 1080, and was dealt a severe blow when the Normans abolished slavery in 1102.
This newly won ‘free trade for Ireland’ was not restricted to Atlantic voyaging; it also allowed Irish ships to sail direct to West Africa—in other words, to enter the slave trade. By 1784 Limerick and Belfast had drawn up and published detailed plans for the launching of slave-trade companies.
Sep 23, 2016 · The Irish slave trade began when James VI sold 30,000 Irish prisoners as slaves to the New World. His Proclamation of 1625 required Irish political prisoners be sent overseas and sold to...
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Apr 12, 2023 · 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 in the West Indies.
In 1649, Cromwell began a campaign of terror on Ireland. All captured soldiers were transported to be sold into slavery. A few months later, in 1650, 25,000 Irish were sold to planters in St. Kitt.
Servant betrayed plot of White servants and enslaved Africans in Gloucester County, Va." I haven't done any research on this rising but given that it's in 1663, these "White servants" were probably Irish slaves captured and sold during the heyday of the Irish slave trade (1649-1657) under Cromwell.
The original article invented an “Irish slave trade”, which was falsely claimed to be in operation from 1625 to 1839 and during which Irish people were incorrectly said to have experienced the horrors of slavery as much as Africans and their descendents did.
