>> the enslaved Irish are never part of the equation
Nor are the enslaved Jews who were carried into exile in Babylon.
Thought question: do crimes (or torts) worthy of fines (or punitive damages) in the form of “reparations” have a statue of limitations? Should they?
the Romans enslaved much of Europe, and no one ever seems to talk about that much either, and the Vikings raided great Britain and captured and enslaved.
Slavery was the NORM for EVERYONE, until white men in America and England stopped it, everywhere.