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2025-01-04 01:25:07 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 89199606111E58EEF56E3D779F1FA5273EA6B7F16C4B9532C098A7FBAC8964F3
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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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