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To Hell or Barbados: The ethnic cleansing of Ireland Paperback – July 18, 2001

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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.

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Sean O'Callaghan was borh in Killavullen, Co Cork in 1918. He was commissioned in the Irish Army in 1936. On leaving the army he baceme 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.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Brandon; New edition (July 18, 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0863222870
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0863222870
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches
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Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2015
I traced my ancestry back to three generations who lived on Barbados during the time of Oliver Cromwell and his ethnic cleansing of Ireland, the 1600's.

I then visited Barbados to see if I could find grave stones of these people to gather more information about them. I did, which may have been a bad thing. In talking to locals I found that my ancestors' name was "all over the island."

After I returned to the US, I found reference to a song by Damien Dempsey entitled "To Hell or Barbados" which was inspired by this book. So I bought a copy of the paperback from Amazon.

I never knew of this period of Irish history and I found it very enlightening...and very disturbing. I had thought that my ancestors went to Barbados as indentured servants. As indentured servants they would have served a period of years and then released from servitude and given something, land or money, to pursue their lives. In reading this book, I found that somewhat unlikely.

If they were Irish, and there is some indication that they were, they were either (1) indentured servants, (2) slaves, (3) Irish planters, or (4) English planters. If they were English planters, they were the misbegotten, evil slave holders. Much like the African slaves, they were hunted down in their homeland, put aboard the same kind of slave transport ships where many died in chains and filth, and then sold to planters (sugar) on the dock at Bridgetown, Barbados.

The book is very good in telling this story, and as the author Sean O'Callaghan, died upon its publishing, wasn't able to see through to helping those Irish descendants still on the island who need help now.

From the time of Oliver Cromwell's ascent to power in England through the wars in Ireland, to the sugar industry on Barbados supported by African and Irish slaves transported there, made slaves there, flogged there, separated from their families there, bred there as cattle, and killed there, to the escaped Irish slaves who made their way into piracy, to the present day, this is a full and complete history. An amazing story!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2023
Author is not an historian, no footnotes in the book. Did original research in Barbados on the Irish slaves, uses contemporary accounts, with their prejudices, to great effect. Excellent book, very distressing but nothing was beneath the British when it came to Irish persecution.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2015
As a direct descendant of an Irishman who supposedly emigrated to Barbados as a planter and later settled himself comfortably in Virginia, according to the family history published in the very early 1900s, I was more than interested in this book; indeed, I was immediately skeptical of the flowery adjectives and all that, that I had previously read in the published genealogy of my ancestor.

I purchased this book here at amazon.com, and have just finished a first reading of it. I am stunned to learn the terrible truth of what my grandfather and my people endured on Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and elsewhere in the West Indies. My grandfather, though a slave, did marry a Scottish woman. His wife gave birth to two sons and then she died, along with the younger son. In sheer compassion for father and remaining son, a kind ship's captain arranged to have my ancestor and his remaining son come to Virginia Colony, where they began life anew. These things I learned while doing online research and reading the book concurrently.

I descend through his second wife, whom he married in Virginia Colony

Were it not for Sean O'Callaghan's caring, his carefully and completely incisive treatment of this ugly chapter in the history of England before it became Great Britain, and of the British Empire after the Act of Union of 1707, modern seekers of historical realities would be at a great loss. I do not wish to ignore the many other writers of history who also expose the barbarities thrust upon the Irish.

This book is not a quick read, at least not for me. Each and every sentence is of great importance; time is needed to absorb, digest and metabolize the poison of England's panoramic rush to destruction of the Irish race. Mr. O'Callaghan carries us through this painful panorama; to see it in his words is to experience the agonies of the Irish AND Scottish slaves.

He takes us further in time than the initial clapping in arms of the Irish. He brings us full circle to our current day, an Epilogue some would call it, and he invites us to accompany him to visit the descendants of Irish and Scottish slaves still living -- or rather, barely surviving -- in the West Indies. We discover their terrible plight today; the inexcusable poverty and racial prejudice thrust upon them, the ever-present class distinction which was NEVER vanquished, the utter hopelessness of an entire race of people who know not their own ancestors more than two generations back in time. And all this after 350 years of white slavery! We also witness their stubborn pride and fierce efforts to defend their small communities from all strangers.

Mr. O'Callaghan brings us to understand that these descendants are yet slaves; the reader must find out for himself why this is so.

This book, though not large in volume, packs a powerful WALLOP and is not for wimps or those who deny historical reality. This book is definitely a keeper and should be read at least three or four times so as to allow every truth presented therein to be well remembered and never forgotten.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2019
Well researched, well written, important information for anyone interested in what really happened. My husband is a Quaker so the chapter on the Quakers contained history I had never heard before, including the origin of the term "Quakers". It isn't what everyone says, but makes a whole lot more sense.

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I ordered two packets of these D-Rings and only one packet arrived
5.0 out of 5 stars History reading
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 13, 2024
This book was very interesting and enlightening, and a great read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great history for me.
Reviewed in Canada on August 6, 2020
I told me about my ancestors that were shipped out of Ireland by Cromwell. Great book
Noëlle
5.0 out of 5 stars One of many tragedies of Ireland
Reviewed in France on February 15, 2018
The English decided to crush the Irish in many ways since 1011, when they invaded Ireland, and even planned to eliminate them in many ways, one of the solutions chosen was to send many of them as slaves to America. One needs to read the various books on that story including this book which reveals the horrors that so many Irish had to live through
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Peter Alleyne
5.0 out of 5 stars Finding my family history, good and bad, Peter Alleyne.
Reviewed in Australia on April 8, 2021
When it was pointed out to me that I was the only white Peter Alleyne on Facebook, and having no idea about my family history, Covid hit and I decided to do some research. We were told we were descended from French stock and other lies, we now know about our direct links to Barbados sugar growers, the research just got better and better, I have learnt so much about my family history, good and bad, with Google, YouTube and historical books on Barbados, including To Hell or Barbados, thankyou to the late Sean O'Callaghan and other authors of the books I am reading and learning about Barbados.
Terry Noonan
5.0 out of 5 stars UN libro maravilloso
Reviewed in Spain on July 29, 2015
Una historia fascinante sobre como los primeros esclavos fueron transportados a Barbados desde Irlanda para trabajar en las plantaciones de tobaco. Desde el comienzo brutal que cuenta los hechos y la politica inglesa que provocó la diaspora, una limpieza étnica de Irlanda por las fuerzas de la primera republica ingles.