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Irish people were the first slaves in America, a history that is largely ignored. They were taken from Ireland, treated like animals, and sold for less than African slaves in the 1600s. Known as "white cargo," over 300,000 Irish were shipped to the Caribbean and American colonies.
They endured harsh conditions on sugar plantations, dying from disease, beatings, and starvation, with unmarked graves and forgotten names. Some were transported in coffin ships, never to return. The term "redneck" originated from the Irish laborers burned by the Caribbean sun.
While others were freed, remembered, or repaid, the Irish received nothing. History was rewritten, renaming them indentured servants to conceal the truth, resulting in no reparations, monuments, or recognition in education.