Irish slaves myth
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irish-slaves-myth-187-12176053
title:
Irish slaves myth
text:
The Irish slaves myth is a fringe pseudohistorical narrative that conflates the penal transportation and indentured servitude of Irish people during the 17th and 18th centuries, with the hereditary chattel slavery experienced by the forebears of the African diaspora. Some white nationalists, and others who want to minimize the effects of hereditary chattel slavery on Africans and their descendants, have used this false equivalence to deny racism against African Americans or claim that African Am
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description:
False conflation of Irish indentured servitude and African chattel slavery
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_slaves_myth
date created:
2017-01-08T22:32:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T16:48:17Z
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