Comments on: The Irish Slave Trade – The Forgotten “White” Slaves

By: Debra Hamidian

Debra Hamidian — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:17:00 +0000

I also want to say when someone threatened to kill you; it was not a crime then. People did mysteriously disappear. Those kids were not allow to communicate with any other kids.

By: Debra Hamidian

Debra Hamidian — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:07:10 +0000

There were white blond blue eyed reported as the whole family works for 6k in late 1980s or 90s. In Kentucky by Diane Sawyer. They came from these slaves. When I came across them in 1970s it was $4 k a yr per family. When I told these people the unknown is not as bad as what they lived in & went to help a girl get library books to here. I almost got killed. When they finally showed this in magazines and new; feed the children went to help feed them. They didn’t need them anymore. Less tobacco was being sold. Check out the book “Tobacco Road”

By: Jerry Whichinheimer

Jerry Whichinheimer — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:33:54 +0000

HAHA, had me till Native Americans lol

By: aine

aine — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:52:14 +0000

The Irish are a mix of Celts, but also the pre-Indo-European peoples living there before.

By: aine

aine — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:49:00 +0000

Are you sure about that?

By: Spangle

Spangle — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:49:59 +0000

Killing in the name of….. ‘nough said.

By: Spallon

Spallon — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:14:22 +0000

English. Irish. Same difference. The English are not Anglo Saxons and the Irish are not Celtic. Those titles and histories were invented by people trying to drive a wedge between the two peoples, and it worked. English and Irish are essentially the same race with different languages. Anyone who wants to swear about that is falling for the centuries old con started by the church to destroy the old Irish church and force everyone into the Roman church.

By: Agren

Agren — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:51:08 +0000

maptrap, there is no such thing as a pure race. The Irish are as equally mixed up as the English. Two thousand years of Saxon, Viking, Welsh, Norman, French invasion and settlement. How can the English be the worst? There weren’t any problem with Saxon England until the Normans invaded.

By: O'Dare

O'Dare — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:57:24 +0000

The article refers to James II and Charles I, and then goes on to say English. Weren’t James and Charles both Scottish Stuarts, and didn’t they often use foreign merceneries (not English). The above (Dee) is correct in that James II has thousands of English people sent to the West Indies as prisoners/slaves. Detailed records are always kept where money is involved. I wonder why there is no such detailed records of hundreds of thousands of Irish people (other than Royalist soldiers) being sent. Perhaps because the article is not based on factual evidence. Burning people? The desciptions given sound more like a description of the Spanish Inquisition.

By: maptrap

maptrap — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:43:55 +0000

800 years of friendship and peace… your a joke ‘kip’ .. since civilasation there hasn;t been any longevity in peace.. no matter what country you name… England beign one of the worst countries in history for this…. and by the way.. where do you think an Englishman came from….Europe mate!!!! they are a mixed race .. not a pure race…