Originally Posted by Imperator

Not quite.... if you are talking about roman mauretania, egypt i.e. the coast, perhaps, but thats not what we are referring to. I.e. Nigeria, Cameroon the gulf of guniea , central africa...etc. Those were the primary lanes or routes of the slave trade as we were concernend.

Originally Posted by O'Sullivan Bere

I've always felt it was tragic that history almost always ignores this horrendous experience shared with black slave history.

Hundreds of thousands of whites, mostly Irish but some others like Scots Highlanders, were actually enslaved by the English and sent to their New World colonies during the 1600s-1700s. They were not indentured servants, but slaves.

They were usually hated and abused more than the black slaves due to ethnic and religious bigotry against them and because black slaves were more expensive to purchase. Both torturing and killing them was lawful, with common punishments being things like hanging them and then setting their limbs on fire in gruesome spectacles.

They had far more difficulty adjusting to the climate than African slaves did. This fact, coupled with more abuse of them due to hatred of them and their cheaper value, resulted in killing them off regularly in mass numbers.

Using the women as sex slaves was popular, however, and breeding the white slaves with black ones was very lucrative given a high premium could be had for mulatto women on sex appeal. The British eventually banned the practice because it was interfering with the profitability of the Royal African Company, the slave trade corporation.

This researcher did a great job detailing the history IMO:

Caomhánach - Article - Irish slaves in the Caribbean

It's an extremely easy, quick, highly educational and bone-chilling read, a sad tale from start all the way through the finish.

Yet, the events of white slavery in the Americas almost never gets any mention in history books, never mind in any detail. That's sad--it shouldn't be the case.

Originally Posted by goober

And some of those Irish were exiled to the continent, where some of them did pretty pretty good.
One of the great wines of France (a first growth Bordeaux since 1855) is Haut-Brion (french spelling of O'Brien).
Not bad if you have a couple of hundred to spend on a bottle of wine.

Originally Posted by O'Sullivan Bere

I've always felt it was tragic that history almost always ignores this horrendous experience shared with black slave history.

Hundreds of thousands of whites, mostly Irish but some others like Scots Highlanders, were actually enslaved by the English and sent to their New World colonies during the 1600s-1700s. They were not indentured servants, but slaves.

They were usually hated and abused more than the black slaves due to ethnic and religious bigotry against them and because black slaves were more expensive to purchase. Both torturing and killing them was lawful, with common punishments being things like hanging them and then setting their limbs on fire in gruesome spectacles.

They had far more difficulty adjusting to the climate than African slaves did. This fact, coupled with more abuse of them due to hatred of them and their cheaper value, resulted in killing them off regularly in mass numbers.

Using the women as sex slaves was popular, however, and breeding the white slaves with black ones was very lucrative given a high premium could be had for mulatto women on sex appeal. The British eventually banned the practice because it was interfering with the profitability of the Royal African Company, the slave trade corporation.

This researcher did a great job detailing the history IMO:

Caomhánach - Article - Irish slaves in the Caribbean

It's an extremely easy, quick, highly educational and bone-chilling read, a sad tale from start all the way through the finish.

Yet, the events of white slavery in the Americas almost never gets any mention in history books, never mind in any detail. That's sad--it shouldn't be the case.

Originally Posted by iamwhatiseem

I believe you have hit head the nail on the head - it isn't talked about so much because, like 95% of all slavery, - the people who were slaves fought their way out of it - and went on to blend in with society through the years.

There is no victim to talk about - in the black culture it is still used as an excuse for poor productivity and still is believed compensation is due to them (which fogs my brain to no end).

Originally Posted by PopulistAmerica

Just like very few history books will point out the fact that slavery was outlawed in Europe and America before it ever was in most African countries, or the fact that African tribe leaders collaborated with white slave traders to sell out members of their own race.

Originally Posted by Andrewl

Under the pressure of colonialism.

Andrew

Originally Posted by Sunshine

Those were some fine people back then.