Paperback edition of this fascinating exploration of the previously untold story of the thousands of Irish men, women and children who were transported to Barbados and Virginia in the 17th century. 'An illuminating insight into a neglected episode of Irish history, but its significance is much broader than that. Its main achievement is to situate the story of colonialism in Ireland in the much larger context of worldwide European imperialism...that is why 'To Hell or Barbados' is such a valuable book' - Irish World
Paperback edition of this fascinating exploration of the previously untold story of the thousands of Irish men, women and children who were transported to Barbados and Virginia in the 17th century. 'An illuminating insight into a neglected episode of Irish history, but its significance is much broader than that. Its main achievement is to situate the story of colonialism in Ireland in the much larger context of worldwide European imperialism...that is why 'To Hell or Barbados' is such a valuable book' - Irish World
Sean O'Callaghan was borh in Killavullen, Co Cork in 1918. He was commissioned in the Irish Army in 1936. On leaving the army he baceme a journalist in Fleet St, as well as in Nairobi. He published his first book, The Easter Lily, in 1956, and became a full-time writer. He died as To Hell or Barbados went to press, in August 2000.
This group [the Red Legs], made up of the descendants of 50,000
Irish men and women who were sold into the white slave trade
between 1652 and 1659, have been largely ignored, apart from in
Seán O’Callaghan’s wonderful To Hell or Barbados: The Ethnic
Cleansing of Ireland
*Irish Times*
Essential reading
*Irish Examiner*
A fascinating read
*The Sunday Tribune*
As the 17th century showed, being a slave under a Christian master
was every bit as brutal an experience as it had been for those who
lived and died in their countless and nameless millions under the
yoke of Roman or Greek slave owners. "To Hell or Barbados" manages
to put a few names and faces on those otherwise anonymous
victims
*Irish Echo*
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