The family that owns the New York Times were slaveholders: Goodwin

[shunyadragon]

Probably YOUR family, too!

Except my family were potatoe famine Irish, but nonetheless I have some French contamination of Royality escaped from France to save their heads, and yes, they may have been slave holders.

[Cow Poke]

Except my family were potatoe famine Irish, but nonetheless I have some French contamination of Royality escaped from France to save their heads, and yes, they may have been slave holders.

Wife Irish, me Scottish. And we still gets along just fine, mostly.

[rogue06]

Except my family were potatoe famine Irish, but nonetheless I have some French contamination of Royality escaped from France to save their heads, and yes, they may have been slave holders.

Slavery was far from unknown in Ireland.

[shunyadragon]

Slavery was far from unknown in Ireland.

My family were more likely among the slaves of the landed English gentry.

[rogue06]

My family were more likely among the slaves of the landed English gentry.

but prior to that...

[shunyadragon]

but prior to that...

They were subjects and slaves of Rome, and before that killing Mammoths with spears and rocks.

[rogue06]

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