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AuPhalanx 18 points ago +18 / -0

And blacks. Blacks owned a traded slaves. Fact! First black millionaire in US was a black slave trader. Fact! At one point there may have been more Irish slaves than black on this continent. Fact!

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Constitutionalist_73 8 points ago +8 / -0

Yeah, I'm of Irish descent, where's my reparations?

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BigIronBigIron 3 points ago +3 / -0

They attack this 'myth' with particular ferocity. Indentured servants were treated like garbage, but if you mention it, prepare for a fight.

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RabidZoo 5 points ago +5 / -0

Irish slaves were here first...mostly women and children...and Irish slaves were treated worse than black slaves when they finally did arrive.