[Vision2020] To Hell Or Barbados

[Pat Kraut]

Thanks Tom for bringing this book to my attention. I am Irish and don't want
to have to pay any monies I make to anyone for slavery without the full
story being told. I will go to Bookpeople and get the book. I agree that it
is a great store for finding the very book you want. They recently found a
first edition by E. F. Torrey for me that I wanted for my collection about
mental illness. To Hell or Barbados will add to my list of info about the
Irish.
PK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Trail" <ttrail at moscow.com>
To: <vision2020 at whale2.fsr.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 8:46 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] To Hell Or Barbados


> Visionnaires:
>
> Many comments have been made concerning the history of slavery and it's
impact
> during the past few months.  I've just finished an excellent book
> called To Hell
> Or Barbados which outlines the transplantation of over 50,000 Irish men,
women
> and children by the British and transported to Barbados and Virginia.
> This took
> place between 1652 to 1659.  The author, Sean O'Callaghan, focuses on
> the ethnic cleansing of Ireland.  He studiously documents the history
> these people:  their transportation, the conditions in which they
> lived on plantations as slaves or
> servants, and their rebellions.
>
> Most Americans have not heard about white slavery.   Mr. O'Callaghan
documents
> the conditions of both black and white slavery from 1620 in Virginia to
the
> early 1800's as well as in Barbados.  He also points out that in many
cases
> the treatment of white slaves was worse than that of the black slaves. For
> example Henry Laureus, a Virginia planter, said, "I never saw an
> Instance of Cruelty in Ten or Twelve years experience in that branch
> (the African Slave trade) equal to the cruelty exercised upon these
> poor Irish."
>
> The book is published by Brandon Paperbacks in 2000 ISBN O 86322 287 O.
It
> is interesting to note that the cases of so called humane treatment of
white
> slaves in rarely mentioned but the many rebellions involving both black
and
> white slaves was widespread against the cruelty of their master's.  The
author
> also points out that there is no documented history of any of the 50,000
> Irish returning to their country.  The book also provides an
> excellent background about the impact of the British efforts of
> ethnic cleansing of the
> Irish and provides us with an understanding of the history of hatred of
the
> Irish for the British which touches us even today
>
> Tom Trail
> -- 
> Dr. Tom Trail
> International Trails
> 1375 Mt. View Rd.
> Moscow, Id. 83843
> Tel:  (208) 882-6077
> Fax:  (208) 882-0896
> e mail ttrail at moscow.com
>
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