It wasn't only the Irish. The first slaves in the American colonies were English, Scots, and Welsh as well. Up to one-half of all the arrivals in the American colonies were Whites slaves and they were America's first slaves. These Whites were slaves for life, long before Blacks ever were. This slavery was even hereditary. White children born to White slaves were enslaved too. The Establishment has created the misnomer of "indentured servitude" to explain away and minimize the fact of White slavery. But bound Whites in early America called themselves slaves. Nine-tenths of the White slavery in America was conducted without indentures of any kind but according to the so-called "custom of the country," as it was known, which was lifetime slavery administered by the slave merchants themselves.
In George Sandy’s laws for Virginia, Whites were enslaved "forever." The service of Whites bound to Berkeley's Hundred was deemed "perpetual."
In comparison to Islam and the rest of the world, Christianity wasn't big promoters of slavery. In fact, the Catholic Church condemned slavery in 1435. The Catholic Church unhesitatingly condemned racial slavery as soon as it began. In 1435, six decades before Columbus sailed, Pope Eugene IV condemned the enslavement of the black natives of the Canary Islands, and ordered their European masters to manumit the enslaved within 15 days, under pain of excommunication. In 1537, Pope Paul III condemned the enslavement of West Indian and South American natives, and explicitly attributed that evil, "unheard of before now," to "the enemy of the human race," Satan.
Papal condemnations of slavery were repeated by Popes Gregory XIV (1591), Urban VIII (1639), Innocent XI (1686), Benedict XIV (1741), and Piux VII (1815). In 1839, Pope Gregory XVI wrote,
"We, by apostolic authority, warn and strongly exhort... that no one in the future dare to bother unjustly, despoil of their possessions, or reduce to slavery Indians, Blacks or other such peoples."
Pope Leo XIII (1890), too, condemned slavery, and so did the Second Vatican Council
So, how did slavery continue in the Vatican influenced sphere? Most Americans don't realize either that the transatlantic slave trade was driven by the sugar trade and rum. By the very nature of this fact, it redirects us to where sugar cane grew. This of course was in the tropical regions of the Caribbean and Central and South America. This is where 97% of the transatlantic slaves went. The 3% came to America later. According to one well-regarded census, 9.6 million Africans arrived alive in the so-called "New World" from the 16th century through the 19th century. Of these, 427,000, were brought to what is now the United States.
It's true, slavery in the United States wasn’t abolished at the federal level until after the Civil War, but there were many anti-slavery laws already in effect. It's just that each State varied in it's laws and prohibition. The first anti-slavery statute in the U.S. occurred in Rhode Island on May 18, 1652 well before the American Revolutionary war. Other colonial states passed ant-slavery laws too. But, these laws varied and were constantly being undermined and were difficult to enforce. For Rhode Island, it's law was not really enforced and could have been for the very reason they couldn’t afford to enforce a ban on slavery.
Though Congress enacted several restrictions and partial bans to curb its practice, the “peculiar institution” of slavery remained 'legal'. The Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Thomas Jefferson, forbade the importation of foreign born slaves "into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States.” This law went into effect on January 1, 1808 and forbade Americans from participating in the international slave trade. If they were found guilty of doing so, they faced up to $10,000 in fines and up to 10 years in jail. The country of Liberia was created in the early 19th century as a project of the American Colonization Society (ACS), which believed black people would face better chances for freedom and prosperity in Africa than in the United States. Between 1822 and the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, more than 15,000 freed and free-born black people who faced social and legal oppression in the U.S., along with 3,198 Afro-Caribbeans, relocated to Liberia. President James Monroe was a big supporter of ACS.
I could continue and talk about Islam and Judaism's belief in slavery and its widespread involvement in slave trade. Europe as far away as Iceland have been the recipients of Islamic raids enslaving people living in coastal dwellings. The entire Dark Ages was a result of Islamic salve trade and piracy on the Mediterranean Sea and elsewhere. The estimates of Europeans being kidnapped and enslaved is unknown, but the estimates from that time frame is in the millions. Slavery is actually now bigger and widespread than it ever was.
For reference, try reading "The Untold Story of White Slavery" by Thomas Jackson; "They Were White and were Slaves", "The Forgotten Slaves: Whites in Servitude in Early America and Industrial Britain" by Michael Hoffman; "The Lyon in Mourning" by Robert Forbes or for a summary, go to, "White Slavery, what the Scots already know"http://iluvsa.blogspot.com/2008/12/white-slavery-what-scots-already-know.html
The federal census figures of 1860 shows this 28 percent is certainly impressive when compared to less than 1.4 percent of all American whites and less than 4.8 percent of southern whites. The statistics show that, when free, blacks disproportionately became slave masters. The records also show that Black Slave owners were amongst the largest in all of the antebellum America.
Another important read is, "Who Brought the Slaves to America?" A simple Internet search will locate this online book.
The slave market exists today and White slaves are at the forefront as been throughout history. Read Victor Malerak's "The Natashas: Inside the New Global Sex Trade". He accounts that hundreds of thousands of East European women have been kidnapped and sold into slavery.
Dr. Tony Martin, Emeritus professor of African Studies at Wellesley College in Massachusetts expounds on this fact as well. He is not the only black revealing this 'hidden history'. In Louis Farrakhan's "The Secret relationship between Blacks and Jews" he names the principle forces behind the slave trade.
There are many other sources as well. I hope this helped.
It wasn't only the Irish. The first slaves in the American colonies were English, Scots, and Welsh as well. Up to one-half of all the arrivals in the American colonies were Whites slaves and they were America's first slaves. These Whites were slaves for life, long before Blacks ever were. This slavery was even hereditary. White children born to White slaves were enslaved too. The Establishment has created the misnomer of "indentured servitude" to explain away and minimize the fact of White slavery. But bound Whites in early America called themselves slaves. Nine-tenths of the White slavery in America was conducted without indentures of any kind but according to the so-called "custom of the country," as it was known, which was lifetime slavery administered by the slave merchants themselves.
In George Sandy’s laws for Virginia, Whites were enslaved "forever." The service of Whites bound to Berkeley's Hundred was deemed "perpetual."
In comparison to Islam and the rest of the world, Christianity wasn't big promoters of slavery. In fact, the Catholic Church condemned slavery in 1435. The Catholic Church unhesitatingly condemned racial slavery as soon as it began. In 1435, six decades before Columbus sailed, Pope Eugene IV condemned the enslavement of the black natives of the Canary Islands, and ordered their European masters to manumit the enslaved within 15 days, under pain of excommunication. In 1537, Pope Paul III condemned the enslavement of West Indian and South American natives, and explicitly attributed that evil, "unheard of before now," to "the enemy of the human race," Satan.
Papal condemnations of slavery were repeated by Popes Gregory XIV (1591), Urban VIII (1639), Innocent XI (1686), Benedict XIV (1741), and Piux VII (1815). In 1839, Pope Gregory XVI wrote,
"We, by apostolic authority, warn and strongly exhort... that no one in the future dare to bother unjustly, despoil of their possessions, or reduce to slavery Indians, Blacks or other such peoples."
Pope Leo XIII (1890), too, condemned slavery, and so did the Second Vatican Council
So, how did slavery continue in the Vatican influenced sphere? Most Americans don't realize either that the transatlantic slave trade was driven by the sugar trade and rum. By the very nature of this fact, it redirects us to where sugar cane grew. This of course was in the tropical regions of the Caribbean and Central and South America. This is where 97% of the transatlantic slaves went. The 3% came to America later. According to one well-regarded census, 9.6 million Africans arrived alive in the so-called "New World" from the 16th century through the 19th century. Of these, 427,000, were brought to what is now the United States.
It's true, slavery in the United States wasn’t abolished at the federal level until after the Civil War, but there were many anti-slavery laws already in effect. It's just that each State varied in it's laws and prohibition. The first anti-slavery statute in the U.S. occurred in Rhode Island on May 18, 1652 well before the American Revolutionary war. Other colonial states passed ant-slavery laws too. But, these laws varied and were constantly being undermined and were difficult to enforce. For Rhode Island, it's law was not really enforced and could have been for the very reason they couldn’t afford to enforce a ban on slavery.
Though Congress enacted several restrictions and partial bans to curb its practice, the “peculiar institution” of slavery remained 'legal'. The Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Thomas Jefferson, forbade the importation of foreign born slaves "into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States.” This law went into effect on January 1, 1808 and forbade Americans from participating in the international slave trade. If they were found guilty of doing so, they faced up to $10,000 in fines and up to 10 years in jail. The country of Liberia was created in the early 19th century as a project of the American Colonization Society (ACS), which believed black people would face better chances for freedom and prosperity in Africa than in the United States. Between 1822 and the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, more than 15,000 freed and free-born black people who faced social and legal oppression in the U.S., along with 3,198 Afro-Caribbeans, relocated to Liberia. President James Monroe was a big supporter of ACS.
I could continue and talk about Islam and Judaism's belief in slavery and its widespread involvement in slave trade. Europe as far away as Iceland have been the recipients of Islamic raids enslaving people living in coastal dwellings. The entire Dark Ages was a result of Islamic salve trade and piracy on the Mediterranean Sea and elsewhere. The estimates of Europeans being kidnapped and enslaved is unknown, but the estimates from that time frame is in the millions. Slavery is actually now bigger and widespread than it ever was.
Excellent post fren! +1
Any sauce for the white slave trade? Quite interested.
For reference, try reading "The Untold Story of White Slavery" by Thomas Jackson; "They Were White and were Slaves", "The Forgotten Slaves: Whites in Servitude in Early America and Industrial Britain" by Michael Hoffman; "The Lyon in Mourning" by Robert Forbes or for a summary, go to, "White Slavery, what the Scots already know"
http://iluvsa.blogspot.com/2008/12/white-slavery-what-scots-already-know.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20111017180637/http://iluvsa.blogspot.com/2008/12/white-slavery-what-scots-already-know.html
For an understanding regarding Slavery in America read "Dixie's Censored Subject: Black Slave Owners" by Robert M. Grooms.
The federal census figures of 1860 shows this 28 percent is certainly impressive when compared to less than 1.4 percent of all American whites and less than 4.8 percent of southern whites. The statistics show that, when free, blacks disproportionately became slave masters. The records also show that Black Slave owners were amongst the largest in all of the antebellum America. Another important read is, "Who Brought the Slaves to America?" A simple Internet search will locate this online book.
The slave market exists today and White slaves are at the forefront as been throughout history. Read Victor Malerak's "The Natashas: Inside the New Global Sex Trade". He accounts that hundreds of thousands of East European women have been kidnapped and sold into slavery.
Dr. Tony Martin, Emeritus professor of African Studies at Wellesley College in Massachusetts expounds on this fact as well. He is not the only black revealing this 'hidden history'. In Louis Farrakhan's "The Secret relationship between Blacks and Jews" he names the principle forces behind the slave trade.
There are many other sources as well. I hope this helped.
Thank you greatly.
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