To Hell or Barbados
The ethnic cleansing of Ireland
Published on 18. May 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-86322-287-0 (ISBN)
Description
A vivid account of the Irish slave trade: the previously untold story of over 50,000 Irish men, women and children who were transported to Barbados and Virginia.
Reviews / Votes
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 Sean O'Callaghan's wonderful To Hell or Barbados: The Ethnic Cleansing of Ireland -- Manchan Magan * 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 *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Publishing group
O'Brien Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
195 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-86322-287-0 (9780863222870)
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Person
Sean O'Callaghan was born in Killavullen, Co Cork in 1918. He was commissioned in the Irish Army in 1936. On leaving the army he became 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.