Irish nationalists like John Mitchel openly embraced slavery in America

Evidence

Some Young Irelanders went further, and openly advocated slavery. The most notorious example was John Mitchel, who after the abortive 1848 revolt emigrated to the U.S., where he published a paper attacking abolitionism and defending slavery. During the Civil War he edited a pro-Confederate newspaper in Richmond; at Fort Sumter his son gave his young life for the cause of slavery. — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 125

Categorization

• SEED: The arc of John Mitchel, an anti-imperial revolutionary who emigrated and became a proslavery Confederate advocate, is its own essay on how anti-English radicalism translated into American racism.
• SHARE: Sharp counterintuitive fact: one of Ireland’s most famous 1848 rebels died defending slavery, and his son died at Fort Sumter for the Confederacy.
• XREF: connects to: Pro-slavery sentiment moved from America back into Irish nationalism — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 126; The Irish freedom cause in America allied openly with slaveholding interests. — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 75; Irish nationalists sought proslavery credentials to enter the American mainstream — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 81 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• The Irish freedom cause in America allied openly with slaveholding interests. #corroborates (0.93) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 75
• The Irish freedom struggle made common cause with American slaveholders. #corroborates (0.90) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 75
• Irish nationalists sought proslavery credentials to enter the American mainstream #expands (0.85) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 81
• The Address urged Irish Americans to ally with abolitionists #complicates (0.75) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 52
• Abolitionists courted the Irish as fellow laborers against slavery #complicates (0.72) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 55