the first slaves in america where white, they were irish indentured servants who paid for their crossing with labour. that's where the term redneck comes from, sunburn from working in the fields. they switched to using blacks because they were cheaper and didn't have any conception of the law.  after slavery ended they switched to chinese, then russians, then italians and now mexicans. america has a proud history of exploiting whoever just arrived on a boat.
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