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2025-01-02 04:01:00 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7E4E08EDEBF4FAA0E4C1D1FB44CE6A4F83E7011BC08A794D5DB3100C2D6DAFE6
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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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