"You don't have a clue do you? Most of the Scots-Irish went South to the frontier. By 1830, a Scots-Irishman had been elected President, and by some counts a dozen more would follow."
And Blacks held the majority of the Legislature in the South durring reconstruction. I don't think that means they were treated equal.
Or did th 1960's elude you?
"By 1900, the sons and daughters of the famine Irish were doing fairly well in the US, lingering resentments not withstanding. How well off were most of the Black sons and daughters of slaves at that time?"
Compared to their African brethren? (As you compared the european Irish to the newely Amreican Irish)I'd say the blacks had it good here! Clothing, food, water, freedom. I'd say 1900's American Blacks had a much better upgrade than the 1900's American Scots-Irish.
"It's good that you reposted #255 up so that everyone could see the kind of moronic bigotry you give your assent to. I don't know if you and johnb838 are children or idiots, but you're definitely out of your depth here."
Or perhaps, you simply forgot from whence we came.
You will note that I edited it for my sake as well. I decided to term them int he lowest status for a reason.
Nobody was fighting for their rights THEN. But plenty were activists in Congress to stop slavery.
Stopping slavery is a good thing. A VERY good thing. But no one was speaking for the OTHER little guy(s).
I know this much -- WE were still poopin' in a hole in the ground when I was a boy and that was in the '60s. If it wasn't for manufactured housing my people might be still.