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Apparently up to 100,000 Irish people were sold into slavery in the 17th century.

BenjAii · 2010-04-02 17:53:46

I have to say, I'd never heard of this before ever, so am a little credulous. Would love to hear if anyone has more information on this. The story being that Cromwell between 1651-60 sold somewhere between 50,000 - 100,000 Irish women and children into slavery in the Caribbean.…

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#32 12-10-2011 3:49pm

Zzippy

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I was in Montserrat about 25 years ago and remember having my passport stamped with a shamrock. The local tour guide who drove us around claimed the first slaves on the island were Irish, and later waves of black slaves replaced them, they intermarried so a lot of the islanders have Irish surnames. Driving around quite a few of the businesses did have Irish names.
Beautiful place, such a pity about the volcanic eruption that pretty much destroyed it.

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#33 21-10-2011 3:47am

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Here there is only 5,000 or so people still living there. Would love to visit it!

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