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Plenty of Irish slaves were shipped to the Carribean thanks in great part to King James II and "perfected" by Cromwell. They were considered as less valuable than the Black slaves - after all, one had to pay for the Blacks - so the treatment of the white slaves was worse. Will the descendants of the Irish slaves get reparations too? Is this story news to you?

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[JavaJumpy]

Will the descendants of the Irish slaves get reparations too? Is this story news to you?
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First question, no. Second question - the general story is not news, though the particular family information is interesting. Nice website - I can only imagine how many hours were spent in research.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

James II came after Cromwell. In any case, they weren’t picking specifically on the Irish. Rebels and criminals from everywhere in the 3 kingdoms were shipped off to the Carribean. Some of my own ancestor’s relatives from Devon were shipped there for rebelling against James II during the Monmouth Revolt in 1683 alongside Daniel Defoe, the author of ‘Robinson Crusoe’....