The Irish slaves were sent to British territories in the Caribbean. They were categorized as “indentured” workers and “servants” of the English colonial elites. . ... All writers on the 17th century history agree that between one-half and two thirds of white immigrants in the..…
Frustrated at the unwillingness of most English trade unionists to support Irish struggle for independence and the movement for condemned Fenians, Marx broke new ground in stating the oppression of Irish held back British workers movement as whole. ..…
The greatest contributor to relieving the famine during the 'Great Hunger' was the British Jewish financier Baron Lionel de Rothschild. Some of New York City's Jews, a number living in neighborhoods adjacent to Irish immigrants in lower Manhattan, were also generous. ..…