I happened upon a blog on Irish slavery, and as I read, it seemed to want to pit the African American experience against the Irish, by who-has-suffered-more,  so I continued to search for a less adversarial historical blog and found this.

I don’t recall any mention of Irish slaves during History class.  This piece was rather eye-opening.  The Africans and Irish were forced to mate because the women were comely and would help produce lighter skinned blacks, which apparently meant higher prices for them.  

It also states that the Irish were cheaper and even though Catholic, not considered Christians, so it was nothing to beat them to death.    It never ceases to amaze me how others can dictate how religious another is or isn’t…..to suit their own purpose of degrading them.

Anyway, being of Irish heritage, I found this interesting as well as personal.  My ancestors came over here about that time…so I wonder. 

But I also know one of my ancestors was a slave owner five generations ago….so there is guilt there, too.  (Another ancestor fought in the Civil War on the Union side, so…yeah…trying to right a wrong).