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Encounters 
How Racism Came to Ireland
 
by 
BILL ROLSTON and MICHAEL SHANNON

The Irish have been encountering people of colour 
both inside and outside Ireland for over a millenium.
The Vikings traded North African slaves in Dublin 
in the 9th century while later Irish peasants travelled 
with Norman lords on the crusades against Islam.
The Scotch-Irish of the north and later the famine Irish 
migrated in their tens of thousands to America where they 
quickly came to learn that owning slaves and engaging 
in raist practices was the passport to being considered 
white. And the British Empire could not have operated 
without the loyal service of countless Irish administrators 
and soldiers, all of whom were implicated directly or otherwise 
in the task of subjugating, ruling and often slaughtering 
people with black, brown or yellow skin.

This was not the only legacy of that long history. Ireland's
own experience of colonisation led many to see the links between
the cause of Ireland and that of other colonised peoples.
For instance, Irish indentured servants and slaves, sent by 
Cromwell to the Carribean, joined forces with African slaves in 
rebellions; and Daniel O'Connell was one of the foremost 
opponents of slavery in the Europe of his day.

Rolston and Shannon provide a fascinating account of the 
origins of contemporary racism in Ireland, revealing little known 
facts on every page.

196 x 128mm
108 + iv pages
Black and white photographs


ISBN 1-900960-15-X  Price £6.99