Contributor(s): Author: Rhetta Akamatsu They came in the holds of overcrowded ships, packed in Among cargo and animals.
A familiar story, is it not? But these immigrants, derived of all personal freedom, were Irish, and their servitude started long before black Slavery was c.
They were taken to the West Indies, to Barbados, to the American colonies, and beyond.
They were sold to others to work as hard and under as dismal conditions as their owners chose.
Contributor(s): Author: Rhetta Akamatsu They came in the holds of overcrowded ships, packed in Among cargo and animals