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The Irish slave trade began when 30,000 Irish prisoners were sold as slaves to the New World. The King James I Proclamation of 1625 required Irish political prisoners be sent overseas and sold to English settlers. https://www.irishpeople.ie/the-irish-slave-trade-the-forgotten-white-slaves-part-1-of-3/
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