IRISH: THE FORGOTTEN WHITE SLAVES. They came as slaves: human cargo transported on British ships bound for the Americas. They were shipped by the hundreds of thousands, men, women and even the youngest of children. Whenever they disobeyed an order, they were punished in the harshest ways.

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The Québécois are almost the exact same in Canada, with the exception that my ancestors got enslaved as 2nd rate citizenry by the English Canadians as a result of war and they never stopped pouring hatred and prejudice on us.