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Irish slaves

Posted on March 2, 2016 by oii8yoCFfvwcswa65

During the 1650s, over 100,000 Irish children aged 10 to 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 … Continue reading →

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