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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen
You couldn't buy an Irishman, or his family. Also, I don't recall photographs of Irish with backs scarred the way we have seen in numerous historical photos. Revisionism indeed.  |
You didn't have to buy them, they were the outcast of society up north, south as well to a point. I dare say more Irish died working the slum plants than slaves did. Sure, they had freedom, but the point was racism abounded all over the US. The Irish experience was much like the slave.
"As one southern planter explained to his northern visitor, the planter had hired an Irish gang to drain a swamp because "‘It’s dangerous work and a negroe’s life is too valuable to be risked.’"15"