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Modern map of the Caribbean. The Irish went to Barbados, Jamaica and the Leeward Islands.. Irish indentured servants were Irish people who became indentured servants in territories under the control of the British Empire, such as the British West Indies (particularly Barbados, Jamaica and the Leeward Islands), British North America and later Australia.
Irish-born prisoners and indentured servants [2] were first brought to Jamaica in large numbers under the English republic of Oliver Cromwell following the capture of Jamaica from the Spanish in 1655 by William Penn and Robert Venables as part of Cromwell's strategic plan to dominate the Caribbean: the "Western Design".
Irish transport to Barbados dates back to the 1620s, when Irish people began arriving on the island. The majority were emigrants, indentures, and merchants, though with an unknown number of political and convict transportees during the 1650s [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
During the 17th century, British and Irish went to Barbados as both masters and as indentured servants. Some went as prisoners. [82] During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms many Scottish and Irish prisoners of war were sold as indentured laborers to the colonies. [83] There were also reports of kidnappings of youngsters to work as servants.
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The first Irish immigrants came to Jamaica in the 1600s as war prisoners and, later, as indentured laborers. The Scots have also made a significant impact on the island. According to the Scotland Herald newspaper , Jamaica has more people using the Campbell surnames than the population of Scotland itself, and the highest percentage of Scottish ...
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In March 1960, during the 1960 NCAA University Division basketball tournament, the East Region's semifinals match between West Virginia University (led by the great Jerry West, who was in his senior year of college by this time) and New York University (who appeared to have recovered from having one of their players being involved with the CCNY ...