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2025-01-03 01:03:51 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 34B08AEC72D8BF1955C4A1154AC2E2E0EA601A38A182F8BBFAF25B8470367F89
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82 Irish scholars signed an open letter in 2016 condemning this pseudohistory. Indentured servitude was transitory and legally different than chattel slavery, and many indentured servitude contracts were voluntary. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/us/irish-slaves-myth.html https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/irish-indentured-labour-in-the-caribbean/
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