Author: Herbert L. Byrd Jr.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460285646
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
When one thinks of slavery in America, the only thought that comes to mind is Africans picking cotton in the fields of America. What many Americans don't know is that the Irish preceded the Africans as slaves in the early British colonies of America and the West Indies. They toiled in the tobacco fields of Virginia and Maryland and the sugar cane fields of Barbados and Jamaica. For over 179 years, the Irish were the primary source of slave labor in the British American colonies. Proclamation 1625 is the unveiling of the true and untold history of slavery in America. King James I's Proclamation ordering the Irish be placed in bondage opened the door to wholesale slavery of Irish men, women and children. This was not indentured servitude but raw, brutal mistreatment that included being beaten to death. The Irish were forced from their land, kidnapped, fastened with heavy iron collars around their necks, chained to 50 other people and held in cargo holds aboard ships as they were transported to the American colonies. During the early colonial period, free European and free African settlers socialized and married. Intermarriages existed in the colonies for over a hundred years until the birth and evolution of white racism. The Irish and African slaves were housed together and were forced to mate to provide the plantation owners with the additional slaves they needed. The British abolished slavery in 1833. This act emancipated the Irish slaves in the British West Indies. America abolished slavery in 1865. None of this freed the Irish to the degree they wanted because America had classified them as 'colored' and treated them accordingly. It was only after the ruling class accepted them as 'white' that they could finally say: "I'm free, white and 21." Proclamation 1625 is for those who want to know the true and untold history of slavery in America.
Proclamation 1625
Author: Herbert L. Byrd Jr.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460285646
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
When one thinks of slavery in America, the only thought that comes to mind is Africans picking cotton in the fields of America. What many Americans don't know is that the Irish preceded the Africans as slaves in the early British colonies of America and the West Indies. They toiled in the tobacco fields of Virginia and Maryland and the sugar cane fields of Barbados and Jamaica. For over 179 years, the Irish were the primary source of slave labor in the British American colonies. Proclamation 1625 is the unveiling of the true and untold history of slavery in America. King James I's Proclamation ordering the Irish be placed in bondage opened the door to wholesale slavery of Irish men, women and children. This was not indentured servitude but raw, brutal mistreatment that included being beaten to death. The Irish were forced from their land, kidnapped, fastened with heavy iron collars around their necks, chained to 50 other people and held in cargo holds aboard ships as they were transported to the American colonies. During the early colonial period, free European and free African settlers socialized and married. Intermarriages existed in the colonies for over a hundred years until the birth and evolution of white racism. The Irish and African slaves were housed together and were forced to mate to provide the plantation owners with the additional slaves they needed. The British abolished slavery in 1833. This act emancipated the Irish slaves in the British West Indies. America abolished slavery in 1865. None of this freed the Irish to the degree they wanted because America had classified them as 'colored' and treated them accordingly. It was only after the ruling class accepted them as 'white' that they could finally say: "I'm free, white and 21." Proclamation 1625 is for those who want to know the true and untold history of slavery in America.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460285646
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
When one thinks of slavery in America, the only thought that comes to mind is Africans picking cotton in the fields of America. What many Americans don't know is that the Irish preceded the Africans as slaves in the early British colonies of America and the West Indies. They toiled in the tobacco fields of Virginia and Maryland and the sugar cane fields of Barbados and Jamaica. For over 179 years, the Irish were the primary source of slave labor in the British American colonies. Proclamation 1625 is the unveiling of the true and untold history of slavery in America. King James I's Proclamation ordering the Irish be placed in bondage opened the door to wholesale slavery of Irish men, women and children. This was not indentured servitude but raw, brutal mistreatment that included being beaten to death. The Irish were forced from their land, kidnapped, fastened with heavy iron collars around their necks, chained to 50 other people and held in cargo holds aboard ships as they were transported to the American colonies. During the early colonial period, free European and free African settlers socialized and married. Intermarriages existed in the colonies for over a hundred years until the birth and evolution of white racism. The Irish and African slaves were housed together and were forced to mate to provide the plantation owners with the additional slaves they needed. The British abolished slavery in 1833. This act emancipated the Irish slaves in the British West Indies. America abolished slavery in 1865. None of this freed the Irish to the degree they wanted because America had classified them as 'colored' and treated them accordingly. It was only after the ruling class accepted them as 'white' that they could finally say: "I'm free, white and 21." Proclamation 1625 is for those who want to know the true and untold history of slavery in America.
By the King, a Proclamation for the Adjournement of Part of Michaelmas Terme
Author: England and Wales Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
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Languages : en
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By the King, a Proclamation for the Apprehension of Walter Long Esquire, and William Strode Gentleman
Author: England and Wales Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
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Languages : en
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Languages : en
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Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl
Author: Kate McCafferty
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101176822
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Kidnapped from Galway, Ireland, as a young girl, shipped to Barbados, and forced to work the land alongside African slaves, Cot Daley's life has been shaped by injustice. In this stunning debut novel, Kate McCafferty re-creates, through Cot's story, the history of the more than fifty thousand Irish who were sold as indentured servants to Caribbean plantation owners during the seventeenth century. As Cot tells her story-the brutal journey to Barbados, the harrowing years of fieldwork on the sugarcane plantations, her marriage to an African slave and rebel leader, and the fate of her children—her testimony reveals an exceptional woman's astonishing life.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101176822
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Kidnapped from Galway, Ireland, as a young girl, shipped to Barbados, and forced to work the land alongside African slaves, Cot Daley's life has been shaped by injustice. In this stunning debut novel, Kate McCafferty re-creates, through Cot's story, the history of the more than fifty thousand Irish who were sold as indentured servants to Caribbean plantation owners during the seventeenth century. As Cot tells her story-the brutal journey to Barbados, the harrowing years of fieldwork on the sugarcane plantations, her marriage to an African slave and rebel leader, and the fate of her children—her testimony reveals an exceptional woman's astonishing life.
By the King, a Proclamation for the Repressing of Disorders of Marriners
Author: England and Wales Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
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Languages : en
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Languages : en
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By the King, a Proclamation Commanding the Repair of All Noblemen, Knights, Gentlemen, and Others, Unto Their Houses and Lands in the Northern Parts, by the First Day of March Next, and There to Abide for the Service and Safegard of Their Countrey
Author: England and Wales Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
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Languages : en
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By the King
Author: England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
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Category : Proclamations
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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Category : Proclamations
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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By the King, a Proclamation Declaring His Majesties Gratious Pleasure Touching Sundry Grants, Licences, and Commissions, Obtained Upon Untrue Surmises
Author: England and Wales Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 2
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 2
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Tudor and Stuart Proclamations 1485-1714: Scotland and Ireland
Author: James Ludovic Lindsay Earl of Crawford
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Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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