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Originally posted by pieman
that's because most americans are dumb enough to mistake "race" for "class". when you say white, you mean not poor. i get it.
African Negroes cost generally about 20 to 50 pounds Sterling, compared to 900 pounds of cotton (about 5 pounds Sterling) for an Irish. Although African Negroes were better suited to work in the semi-tropical climates of the Caribbean, they had to be purchased, while the Irish were free for the catching, so to speak.
Irish prisoners were commonly sentenced to a term of service, so theoretically they would eventually be free. In practice, many of the slavers sold the Irish on the same terms as prisoners for servitude of 7 to 10 years.
Originally posted by Sonya610
The Irish were political prisoners captured and transported to get rid of them. They were very inexpensive because the government did most of the work and shipping them was the major cost.
Originally posted by mopusvindictus
Allowing integration is good, mandating it by law is bad...
Originally posted by redhead57
First of all, if Italians or Irish people were to have their own social networking site not one person would cry racism! Why is it when blacks do anything like organizing people cry racism????
Originally posted by mopusvindictus
How can any kind of BLIND be a good philosophy?
Originally posted by ladyinwaiting
Acts of terroism are felony level crimes. These kids are in for a heap of trouble.