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"The Irish were treated like slaves . . . ."

Actually the Irish were treated worst than slaves. The area of the U.S. with slavery used low-paid Irish workers where there was a danger of death of injury. The slave owners were not about to sacrifice their "property."

27 posted on 05/07/2015 2:28:01 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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“Irish”

The English still owe me reparations for sending my Scots ancestors to Georgia and Botany Bay/sarc


28 posted on 05/08/2015 1:04:28 PM PDT by dynachrome (We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.)
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