, ▁who ▁stated ▁that ▁his ▁narr ative ▁appeared ▁to ▁arise ▁from ▁his ▁horror ▁at ▁seeing ▁white ▁people ▁being ▁on ▁a ▁level ▁with ▁black s . ▁ ▁Bry an ▁F anning ▁notes ▁the ▁book ▁ignored ▁scholar ly ▁research . ▁ ▁Histor ian ▁Mark ▁Aus land er , ▁an ▁anth rop ologist ▁and ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Museum ▁of ▁Culture ▁and ▁Environment ▁at ▁Central ▁Washington ▁University , ▁states ▁that ▁the ▁current ▁ra cial ▁climate ▁is ▁lean ing ▁toward ▁den ial ▁of ▁certain ▁events ▁in ▁history , ▁saying ▁" There ▁is ▁a ▁strange ▁war ▁on ▁memory ▁that ' s ▁going ▁on ▁right ▁now , ▁den ying ▁the ▁facts ▁of ▁ch att el ▁sla very , ▁or ▁claim ing ▁to ▁have ▁learned ▁on ▁Facebook ▁or ▁social ▁media ▁that , ▁say , ▁Irish ▁sla very ▁was ▁worse , ▁that ▁white ▁people ▁were ▁ens la ved ▁as ▁well . ▁Not ▁true ." ▁ ▁Matthew ▁Re illy , ▁a ▁post do ctor al ▁fellow ▁at ▁Brown ▁University ▁with ▁an ▁academic ▁background ▁in ▁Bar bad ian ▁sla very , ▁as ser ts ▁that ▁" The ▁Irish ▁slave ▁myth ▁is ▁not ▁supported ▁by ▁the ▁historical ▁evidence ." ▁Histor ians ▁note ▁that ▁unlike ▁slaves , ▁most ▁indent ured ▁servants ▁will ingly ▁entered ▁into ▁contract s ▁with ▁another ▁person , ▁only ▁served ▁for ▁a ▁finite ▁period , ▁did ▁not ▁pass ▁their ▁un free ▁status ▁on ▁to ▁their ▁children , ▁and ▁were ▁still ▁considered ▁human . ▁Histor ian ▁Donald ▁Ak enson , ▁writing ▁in ▁If ▁the ▁Irish ▁Ran ▁the ▁World : ▁Mont ser rat , ▁