... Irish slaves was to a settlement in the Amazon in 1612, seven years before the first African slaves arrived in Jamestown" (The slaves that time forgot by gjohnsit. Web). Queen Elizabeth started the "Savage Program" by executing and enslaving the Irish. She was the first to order her knights to execute the Irish, and there were no loss of ... a killing spree of Irish people. Ever since, the Irish were not valued as the Africans that cost 50 sterling, and the Irish 5 sterling. King James II and Charles I, followed Queen Elizabeth footstep. Moreover, Cromwell perfected Queen Elizabeth "Sav...

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... a protestant back ground who take up 66% of the Northern Ireland population and are descendants of English and Scottish settlers from the century when Elizabeth I feared the Spanish would use Catholic Ireland as a stepping-stone to invade England, Elizabeth hoped that this would make Ulster peaceful and loyal to the Crown. Once settled they were a minority among Ireland and feel they have ... Catholics. But In 1690 Irish Protestants sided with the Protestant William Of Orange in his attempt to overthrow the Catholic King James II, who was trying to regain the land for dispossessed Catho...

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