Claim: Irish people were not the first slaves to arrive in the American colonies
Fact-check: Debunked: Irish people were not the first slaves to arrive in the American colonies
Verdict: slave trading from africa to the americas began around 100 years before 1619, and indentured servitude is not the same as chattel slavery.
Organisation: TheJournal.ie
Author: Gráinne Ní Aodha
Date published: 2020-06-18T18:00:54