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2025-01-03 05:31:54 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BB926F93BB0BAEA3C25FBCC4FCE3CB045080FFD1FDDD96DB9B2C87006B07DF11
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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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