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17. Thanks for that article which I had never seen before. Another group that labored mightily for...

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the Irish were the quakers. And as far as how many died, how could anyone do anything other than a guess. In the early 1800s the English still did not allow any census of Ireland, as they did not want to recognize the Irish Catholics as persons. The first official documentation of my ancestors was because a land inventory was begun around 1850, mainly to assess taxes for the support of the Church of England. Because of the Penal laws from 1690, the Irish Catholics could only 'lease' the land from English land barons. Of course this cannot be blamed on the common Englishmen, who received their own abuse from the members of the House of Lords.

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Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum [View all] pampango Jan 2013 OP

Being of Irish ancestry from both parents, I have always been amazed how the English nobility.... dmosh42 Jan 2013 #1

An inadequate response to a potato fungus is hardly equivalent to Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #2

Paddys lament Dman292 Jan 2013 #4

Not an inadequate response / a deliberate response with intended results rosesaylavee Jan 2013 #5

Holy shit. Thanks for the link. SunSeeker Jan 2013 #19

I think it happened so long ago rosesaylavee Jan 2013 #20

I won't try to argue that they are equivalent... caraher Jan 2013 #7

Not only that theKed Jan 2013 #33

There are many genocides Pmc1962 Jan 2013 #9

Thank you for your comments life long demo Jan 2013 #11

Thanks for the info, lld. +1, nt. Mc Mike Jan 2013 #13

Thanks for that article which I had never seen before. Another group that labored mightily for... dmosh42 Jan 2013 #17

The Choctaw contribution has not been forgotten corksean Jan 2013 #28

Kind of ironic that the US was "horrified" by this while slavery was in full force there. Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #27

So just how many Irish would the Brit's have to had genocided to get to equivalency? westerebus Jan 2013 #24

6 million. And they would have had to also prevent emigration to ensure that nobody could escape, Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #26

It was pre gas chamber. westerebus Jan 2013 #30

I think the landscape of Wales rosesaylavee Jan 2013 #32

The only interest I have in the Welsh is how they effected English and Irish history. westerebus Jan 2013 #34

The attitude was very Ebenezer Scrooge Maeve Jan 2013 #10

During the mid to late 1800s, the British were more racist than the Germans FarCenter Jan 2013 #14

The UK abolished slavery in 1833. Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #18

The act excepted slavery in India and Ceylon FarCenter Jan 2013 #23

You don't have to wait--it's in Connecticut. MADem Jan 2013 #3

Boston has some statues in memoriam of the famine WilliamPitt Jan 2013 #6

Amazing and powerful! Thank you. (nt) Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #8

Where are those statues, Will? A-Long-Little-Doggie Jan 2013 #12

At the corner of School Street and Washington Street WilliamPitt Jan 2013 #15

I studied the Great Hunger while in college years ago. fasttense Jan 2013 #16

There are many parallels today. Starving Africa and many other places that mean nothing to us than jwirr Jan 2013 #35

My gggrandparents came to America from County Limerick.. ananda Jan 2013 #21

Yes, the USA was a great place to emigrate to in the mid 1800s. Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #22

There is an Irish Memorial here in Philly BumRushDaShow Jan 2013 #25

When you go, you might walk along the river in downtown Dublin to see the famine statues there. postulater Jan 2013 #29

Manhattan Irish Hunger Memorial CitizenK9 Jan 2013 #31

K & R Scurrilous Jan 2013 #36