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- The claim that hundreds of thousands of Irish people were sold as slaves in the 17th century has been circulating for years on social media, and has already been debunked by other fact-checking agencies and media outlets. The impacts of centuries of slavery can still be felt by many people of African descent around the world.
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The Irish slaves myth is a fringe pseudohistorical narrative that conflates the penal transportation and indentured servitude of Irish people during the 17th and 18th centuries, with the hereditary chattel slavery experienced by the forebears of the African diaspora.
Sep 23, 2016 · They came as slaves: human cargo transported on British ships bound for the Americas. They were shipped by the hundreds of thousands and included men, women, and even the youngest of children....
Jul 8, 2020 · However, the idea of “Irish slaves” is a common myth, and claims of white Irish slavery have been continually discredited for decades. In 2016, dozens of historians signed an open letter condemning several publications for the repeating of the myth.
Jun 18, 2020 · Irish indentured servitude was a historical atrocity that saw thousands of Irish people subjected to unjust conditions in a brutal colonial society. The situation was far worse for African...
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Mar 17, 2017 · Widespread memes used against African-Americans say America was built by Irish slaves whose history has been covered up. That’s false, historians say.
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.
Nov 29, 2019 · The main claim we’ll be focusing on is that as many as 300,000 Irish people were sold as slaves in the mid-17th century as part of the Transatlantic slave trade.
