2007-04-18 05:06:35 · 6 answers · asked by swrp 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
My relatives were indentured servants. Irish immigrants who were "under contract" for the fare paid bringing them to America. Problem was, the owner of said contract could extend servitude for petty "crimes" such as not completing tasks set out. Obviously was a corrupt system abused by most contract owners, so many Irish (and other ethnicities) were never released from servitude until this practice was regulated 100 years or more later. My "ancestors" were not slaves in the traditional definition, but were held in bondage. I guess the difference between myself and those descended from slaves in the traditional sense today would be that myself and my family choose not to bring it up or use it to gain some sort of slight.
2007-04-18 05:16:50 · answer #1 · answered by Abn Medic 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Both, i'm mix with white and black, my ancestors and family still live in the south. I consider myself to be black.
2007-04-18 07:03:49 · answer #2 · answered by nope!!!!!!! 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you were born and rasied in the South, then the chances are very likely that some of your family members did some very bad things to blacks that they have basically tried to forget about.
2007-04-18 06:08:51 · answer #3 · answered by bettercockster1 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Apparently my ancestors were slaves and built the pyramids....but I dunno if that is true
Nobody in my family ever owned another person as far as I know
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2007-04-18 05:12:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
My grand farther owned 2 FOOS
2007-04-18 06:22:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not me. I'm Irish. We were treated worse than slaves.
2007-04-18 05:09:18 · answer #6 · answered by stony1111 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋