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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
To Hell or Barbados describes the fate of the thousands of Irish sold into slavery in the West Indies and Virginia after Cromwell's invasion in the Seventeenth Century.
As someone from an Irish background, I have to confess that, although I knew about the slave trade before, reading about the fate of my own countrymen and women gave the subject a new immediacy for me.
The book illustrates the links between Cromwell's policies in England, the invasion of Ireland and the 'Western design' in the Carribean. Irish rebels and English dissidents were sold into slavery along with millions of Africans.
It conveys a strong impression of an era whose legacy is still with us today. That is partly down to the power of O'Callaghan's description of the colonial West Indies. It is a vivid, not to say lurid account, of a society of exploitation and cruel debauchery maintained by systematic violence.
This is a powerful book, well worth reading for anyone interested in West Indian, American, Irish or English history
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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This is one of the most harrowing books I have read for years. Sean O`Callaghan is to be thanked for bringing this history to light.
Anyone from England reading this would have a re-think on their countrys history, no wonder this horror was hidden, not so in Ireland, this was featured in an Armagh history Annual many years ago.
This was only one episode of Englands rule in Ireland throughout the centuries, this book should be included in every school library in Britain.
Anyone from England reading this would have a re-think on their countrys history, no wonder this horror was hidden, not so in Ireland, this was featured in an Armagh history Annual many years ago.
This was only one episode of Englands rule in Ireland throughout the centuries, this book should be included in every school library in Britain.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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In an era when "ethnic cleansing" has become a sad cliche, the historical enmity between English and Irish occasioned not only Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal, in which he satirically suggested eating Irish newborn, but also a wholesale forced emigration of "redundant" Irish men and boys to the sugar plantations of Barbados, where their treatment and living conditions were often barbaric. The author vividly and unforgettably resurrects a shameful chapter of British history that many have sought to suppress. This work should be required reading for any committed student of religious and ethnic strife.
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This book is written by a journalist in a rather lurid style calculated to appeal to a readership in the Irish diaspora who want their prejudices confirmed. Read more
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