• Phegan@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    Also it wasn’t uncommon for black Americans and Irish Americans to marry, especially in new York. It was often Irish women marrying black men, but it wasn’t exclusively that way.

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      22 days ago

      Correct, lots of Irish came over well after slavery and were treated like shit. This is more appropriate for black Americans with Anglican surnames (Williams, Smith, etc)