The Irish Slave Trade – The Forgotten “White” Slaves

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The Slaves That Time Forgot

By John Martin

They came as slaves; vast human cargo transported on tall British ships bound for the Americas. They were shipped by the hundreds of thousands and included men, women, and even the youngest of children.

Whenever they rebelled or even disobeyed an order, they were punished in the harshest ways. Slave owners would hang their human property by their hands and set their hands or feet on fire as one form of punishment. They were burned alive and had their heads placed on pikes in the marketplace as a warning to other captives.

We don’t really need to go through all of the gory details, do we? After all, we know all too well the atrocities of the African slave trade. But, are we talking about African slavery?

King James II and Charles I led a continued effort to enslave the Irish. Britain’s famed Oliver Cromwell furthered this practice of dehumanizing one’s next door neighbor.

The Irish slave trade began when James II sold 30,000 Irish prisoners as slaves to the New World. His Proclamation of 1625 required Irish political prisoners be sent overseas and sold to English settlers in the West Indies. By the mid 1600s, the Irish were the main slaves sold to Antigua and Montserrat. At that time, 70% of the total population of Montserrat were Irish slaves.

Ireland quickly became the biggest source of human livestock for English merchants. The majority of the early slaves to the New World were actually white.

From 1641 to 1652, over 500,000 Irish were killed by the English and another 300,000 were sold as slaves. Ireland’s population fell from about 1,500,000 to 600,000 in one single decade. Families were ripped apart as the British did not allow Irish dads to take their wives and children with them across the Atlantic. This led to a helpless population of homeless women and children. Britain’s solution was to auction them off as well.

During the 1650s, over 100,000 Irish children between the ages of 10 and 14 were taken from their parents and sold as slaves in the West Indies, Virginia and New England. In this decade, 52,000 Irish (mostly women and children) were sold to Barbados and Virginia. Another 30,000 Irish men and women were also transported and sold to the highest bidder. In 1656, Cromwell ordered that 2000 Irish children be taken to Jamaica and sold as slaves to English settlers.

Many people today will avoid calling the Irish slaves what they truly were: Slaves. They’ll come up with terms like “Indentured Servants” to describe what occurred to the Irish. However, in most cases from the 17th and 18th centuries, Irish slaves were nothing more than human cattle.

As an example, the African slave trade was just beginning during this same period. It is well recorded that African slaves, not tainted with the stain of the hated Catholic theology and more expensive to purchase, were often treated far better than their Irish counterparts.

African slaves were very expensive during the late 1600s (50 Sterling). Irish slaves came cheap (no more than 5 Sterling). If a planter whipped or branded or beat an Irish slave to death, it was never a crime. A death was a monetary setback, but far cheaper than killing a more expensive African.

The English masters quickly began breeding the Irish women for both their own personal pleasure and for greater profit. Children of slaves were themselves slaves, which increased the size of the master’s free workforce. Even if an Irish woman somehow obtained her freedom, her kids would remain slaves of her master. Thus, Irish moms, even with this new found emancipation, would seldom abandon their kids and would remain in servitude.

In time, the English thought of a better way to use these women (in many cases, girls as young as 12) to increase their market share: The settlers began to breed Irish women and girls with African men to produce slaves with a distinct complexion. These new “mulatto” slaves brought a higher price than Irish livestock and, likewise, enabled the settlers to save money rather than purchase new African slaves.

This practice of interbreeding Irish females with African men went on for several decades and was so widespread that, in 1681, legislation was passed “forbidding the practice of mating Irish slave women to African slave men for the purpose of producing slaves for sale.” In short, it was stopped only because it interfered with the profits of a large slave transport company.

England continued to ship tens of thousands of Irish slaves for more than a century. Records state that, after the 1798 Irish Rebellion, thousands of Irish slaves were sold to both America and Australia.

There were horrible abuses of both African and Irish captives. One British ship even dumped 1,302 slaves into the Atlantic Ocean so that the crew would have plenty of food to eat.

There is little question that the Irish experienced the horrors of slavery as much (if not more in the 17th Century) as the Africans did. There is, also, very little question that those brown, tanned faces you witness in your travels to the West Indies are very likely a combination of African and Irish ancestry.

In 1839, Britain finally decided on it’s own to end it’s participation in Satan’s highway to hell and stopped transporting slaves. While their decision did not stop pirates from doing what they desired, the new law slowly concluded THIS chapter of nightmarish Irish misery.

But, if anyone, black or white, believes that slavery was only an African experience, then they’ve got it completely wrong.

Irish slavery is a subject worth remembering, not erasing from our memories. But, where are our public (and PRIVATE) schools???? Where are the history books? Why is it so seldom discussed?

Do the memories of hundreds of thousands of Irish victims merit more than a mention from an unknown writer? Or is their story to be one that their English pirates intended: To (unlike the African book) have the Irish story utterly and completely disappear as if it never happened.

None of the Irish victims ever made it back to their homeland to describe their ordeal. These are the lost slaves; the ones that time and biased history books conveniently forgot.

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  1. Whites need to learn the whole truth pertaining to their history. They have become misinformed and perceive themselves solely to be conquers, not realizing that many were once slaves and or introduced to civilization.

    1. Wisdom-we Irish do not have a history as conquerers and slavers of Black people,we need to learn more about our persecution and enslavement though.

  2. this is why i love rasta live wire.they not really white ,the red ruddy mystic amazon turks.the white status is stolen.as the lied an said it means skin color it really means landlord landholder sovereign of the land.so when they take land an have the taken call them white then the taken are telling the invaders that they are the sovereigns in the law.this is how they6 legally maintain theirinvasion after its done ,by saying they are white.we did not call them white slavs but slavs.watch sidney poitier movie -The Long Boat -from the 1960 an watch us civilize the vikings as they come to steal the moors gold.THEY MADE MOVIES OF US RUNNING TO WORLD IN THE 60S,,,, ATLANTIS TO WAS THE MOORISH EMPIRE.THE BLACKPEOPLE CALLED TODAY ARE THE CIVILIZERS OF THIS PLANET WRITTEN OUT OF HIZZZZTORY BY THE UNCIVILIZED AFTER THEY WERE RAISED INTO CIVILIZATION BY THE MOORS.THEY STILL WEAR THE FEZS AS PROOF OF WHAT AN WHERE THEY COME FROM.THEY CALL IT 33 DEGREES FREE MASONRY.WE COME FROM 360 DEGREE MOORS LIKE IMHOTEP.THE FIRST MOORISH FREEMASON WAS ANGELO SOLIMAN ,SEARCH THAT FOR THE SHOCK O YOUR LIFE AN YOU WILL OVERSTAND THAT THERES MUCH MORE HIDDEN THAT WE MUST EXPOSE FOR OUR PEOPLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE.THE EUROPEAN IS ONLY A CUSTODIAN THAT WAS GIVEN PERMISSION BY US TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE SET UP.NOW THEY ARE MAD AN DONT WANT TO GIVE BACK POWER BUT GIVE BLACK POWER TO DISTRACT US FROM SOVEREIGN RIGHTS POWER THAT IS OURS THAT THEY HAVE STOLEN WITH THE FAKEWHITE CREED.THEY ARE WHIGGAMORE WIGHT NOT WHITE.THAT IS THE TRICK .CASTNG SPELLS WITH S-WORDS MISPELLED,SWORDS THAT CUT OFF THE REALITY TRUTH OF US ,JUST US ,,, JUSTICE.NO JUSTICE UNTILL WE GET BACK THE WHOLE NOT PIECES OF OUR LAND ,SOVEREIGNTY,STATUS AN BIRTHRIGHTS.

    1. They are not gentically white. They are from the Tribe of Dan’ the same tribe that Samson came from. In Ireland they were called the Tuath de Danaan= Tribe of Dan over time they tunrt white. The Negroes in America and the Carribbeans, the Latinos, and the Native Americans and Irish are descendants of the Israelites from the bible.

      1. Technically, Tuatha de Danaan means “People of Danu.” Danu was the earth goddess figure of the prehistoric Irish. The Tuatha were later conquered by the people who we consider to be the main genetic stock of the modern Irish. It is true, then, that the Irish come from a slightly different genetic background than, say, the modern British.

    1. We are Celtic and our pigment is known as pale. Our ancestry is known as the Gaels and we are a proud and fierce warrior class of people. Nevertheless we are strong and loving and will stand beside the children of oppressed people the world over. If you are curious about our origens look up the Gaels and you will see our true history.. Happy reading…

    2. Unfortunately my memory is a little hazy on this but I remember reading about it. Apparently the Irish’s genetic origins differ from England and mainland Europe’s who migrated from the east spreading westwards across Europe.

      1. we were origionaly pict and gaels red to auburn hair and blue eyes though with the viking , roman , saxon and norman invaders all left their mark in ireland

    3. i am a decedent of white slaves in Barbados west indies and i can tell you all that they even changed the history books in America and Canada they know nothing of this unless they are Irish descendants..12 years a white Irish slave with blue eyes .

  3. That’s true…. Irish People are “Celtic” & have a different genetic make up than that of Other White Europeans…… Although we as a people were actually the first kings of Europe we we’re a well travelled people who eventually settled in Ireland & Scotland….. hence the connection with the pair! The Celtics we’re/are a proud& culturally rich race of people who spent hundreds of years fighting English oppression. Not only on our own soil but also in the lslands of the caribbean & Bermuda. We are not to be confused as white Europeans….. WE ARE CELTS……… Tiocfaidh ar La….

    1. I always thought carribean creole english sounded like it had a bit of a brogue in it…
      Anybody else recognize that?
      Thanks for the info.

      My information was the snakes driven from Ireland were the druids, not the moors. But
      many Irish are descended from the Irish “Adam”: Mileses of Spain.

    2. The Irish also fought the British in the Revolutionary, Civil, and all the U.S. wars as immigrants and as U.S. born offspring of Irish immigrants. The Irish are not afraid to die defending justice and the oppressed and, peculiarly perhaps, often enjoy a brawl.

      But now is not about fighting anymore. Now is about consciousness raising. It is about evolution of the higher mind and the flowering of the 1000 petaled lotus flower. As humans we have no limits. We can reach for the heavens and get there. Black and white, yellow and red: All the colors of the rainbow together again. We are one. Believe!

  4. the celts the irish are moors an are of asiatic origin dont sleep,,they are moors the black thorn manifesto by hakim bey is one source of information on the connection with us besides their enslavement.they were forceeto fight i the alamo an again drafted into the civil war. a slave was to expensive to put into the coal mines as the celtshave had to earn a liviing in.isawa picture of 5th ave and 13 street in the olden days .the sign on the bar said no dogs and no irish.early discrimination in nyc like elizabeth jennings being the first woman arrested for not moving to the back of the bus in the 1600s.moorish orthadox church in america is founded by irish people or celts in proper form.irish moss is sea vegatables which is the fountain of youth sought by ponce deleon.rosticrucians from ireland were taught to run govt by ben bey in the 1700s.they are todays masons.blue lodge red lodge like states like flag with stolen fake white nobility creed.moors were expelled from ireland .the code story is st patricks day ,the snakes st patrick got out were the moors not snakes it was us ruling the land which they still call the moors.thatsyour jamaican brothers who were moors and yeah they were from akebulan but they ruled england ireland all that before coming to jamaica.now we are going to find brothers living in the carribean before slavery of the brother in the carribean.we were the saxons an surrounding tribes took the name who conquered us in england area.they were not first in europe.once again the celts are of asiatic origin an all of asiatic origin are your brothers an sisters first on this earth.alexander hamilton had a wife from the carribean who was never a slave she was a queen a carribean queen .the hamilton family of long island can told me that.rueban ,winky an bobby hamilton ,the legendary professor.moore is the 20th most common name in ireland.remember the tv show the ghost and mr muir,common name in england to among all ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.no it is not a slave name but a slav name ,yeah overstand what im saying.thats your name first taken and given back to you.old irish moors are o morhda meaning stately an noble.they didnt have last names before the 11th century.carnegie is the bloodline of william the conqueror from the word carnage.motto on coat of arms being dread god,,www.houseofnames.com,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,irish hung negroes in nyc 1863 draft riots after being forced to fight in civil war being to poor to buy their way out which war organizers knew was the case making them slaves after being forced to fight in the alamo.oirish an italian slavswere bought to new smyrna beach an overseen by georgia moor swho were as mean as any european overseer.moors had these irish as slaves in the south before they lost the land.bought here to terra incognito by europeans as slaves.bought by moors already on the land.slowly freed from indentured servitude by whiggamores.reality comes to the surface an we had them as slaves longer than them us.we taught an raised our slavs but the slaves were reduced cause they were of the highest form of knowledge an that had to be replaced along with gods chosen people by the angelo solimon custodians.

  5. In the new world there were many white slaves

    English slaves : Convicts, Prostitutes ,Vagrants, Children [ The word Kidnapper ie Kid-Napper ; comes from the men (called “spirits) who use to steal children in London and Bristol in order to sell them as slaves in the new world] and others ( poor children, prostitutes children like in london, kidnapped Adults)

    Scottish Slaves : Mainly prisoners sold by Cromwell, Aberdeen was a dangerous town for chilfren, there was a lot of kidnapping down there. Scotland was a hunting grown for slaves like west Africa.

    Irish Slaves : Mainly Prisoners sold by Cromwell the butcher like the Scots. Irish were sold as slaves in the new world in order to made space for the English colonists into Ireland (Lands, Properties). They were called the “White-Niggers” in the United States and they went through many riots because of their nationality.

    In Barbados they were the “Red-Legs” and they were the poorest they even survived because of the charity of Black slaves. Some white masters even called them “White Trash”….

    The White slavery ( called falsely “Indentured Servant” or “servant”) was the capital and economic basement for African slavery ( see Eric Williams and Gabriel Debien). The people who sold white people and gained capital from this business like in Bristol or Liverpool turned to Africa and destroyed that continent with their former experience in selling human beings…

    Spanish (Hispaniola) and Portuguese started first…The Portuguese used to send vagrant Portuguese children as slaves in India, in order to accomodate “well” with the climate….African could’nt have any chance against these professional , experienced criminals….Some slave traders sold both Africans and Whites in the new world…

    They were whipped, raped, tortured, killed before the black men and women took their place for economics reasons….

    There are many books who tell their story :

    J A Rogers : Sex and Race Vol II (British west Indies and America)

    J A Rogers : Africa’s Gift to America (America)

    Eric Williams : Capitalism and Slavery (British West Indies)

    Eric Williams : From Colombus To Castro (British West Indies)

    Michael Hoffman II : They were white and they were slaves ( Very Informative but this guy is a big racist, he hates black people you can feel it when reading his book….)

    Don Jordan and Michael Walsh : White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain’s White Slaves in America , This the best book I’ve ever read about white slavery in the New world , very informative.

    Gabriel Debien : ” Les engagés pour les antilles” for people who reads french…

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