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Old September 6th, 2008 #2
AmericanCeltScotsman
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A little more insight into white slavery


http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...te_slavery.htm


In most states, The Irish were treated with less respect then a slave. Most of the Irish came as Indentured workers, unpaid slaves . A free Nigroid named Hiram Smith made a fortune as a wheelwright using indentured people. The Yankees run him out of Independence, MO. during the Civil war. He had to move to Leavenworth to fulfill his Government contracts. There iis a story about a man driving down a road in Missouri who See's four white men digging a well. just a short distance from them are several slaves weeding corn. The man Tell's the gang boss He should have the white men doing the weeding & the slaves digging. The Boss Tell's him, The slaves cost $800.00 apiece. If the well caves in I have to buy another one. The white men are Irish. If the well caves in, I can get all I want for three dollars a month. The slaves in Missouri were fed, clothed, housed and treated better than an Irishman.