bluegrumps:Daniel O’Connell literally got Fredrick Douglas over to speak to the Irish, and he told h
bluegrumps:Daniel O’Connell literally got Fredrick Douglas over to speak to the Irish, and he told his own followers that if the Irish went to America and treated black people like shit then they were not Irish. “It is not in Ireland that you learnt this cruelty.”… “Though if you remain and dare continue to countenance the system of slavery that is supported there, we will recognize you as Irishmen no longer.” -An 11 page letter O’Connell wrote denouncing the Irish in america that were against the abolition of Slavery.Hear that, Irish Americans? If you’re racist, Ireland doesn’t want you. You’re disowned. -- source link