Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Irish brought as slaves to US before Blacks?

Colin D. Heaton, Forgotten History, 2/23; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Truth about the Irish: First slaves brought to the Americas (most others just enslaved here)
We're not "slaves"! We're "servants"
(Forgotten History) Slavery is perhaps one of the oldest profit-making endeavors in human history and the Irish were a special target for a thousand years, persecuted by one faction or another, to include enslavement (chattel slavery) and the nicer sounding euphemism "indentured servitude." But were they the first slaves in the Americas [-- even before the indigenous "Indians" (First Nations peoples) and Blacks (aboriginal descendants not brought from Africa but taken into custody here]? Find out on Forgotten History hosted by Colin D. Heaton. #forgottenhistorychannel

[Black Irish is a real term (and there are actual Black people in Ireland like the Moors who ruled Europe for centuries during the "Dark" Ages () or anyone with dark hair and eyes, like some Spanish traders), and an ancient Egyptian princess was said to be Queen Scotia of Ireland/Scotland.]

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