Irish nationalists sought proslavery credentials to enter the American mainstream

Evidence

Meanwhile, in the South, the Repeal Associations were taking pains to stress that their members were “warmly attached to southern institutions.” Their assurances did not always satisfy proslavery opinion; following the organizing meeting of the New Orleans Repeal Association, prominent citizens there held a public meeting at which they denounced the Repeal movement, O’Connell, and Garrison. — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 81

Categorization

• XREF: Directly illustrates the reader’s core thesis: Irish courting whiteness by distancing from abolition and Black interests. — connects to: Irish nationalists used internal abolitionist disputes to distance themselves from antislavery — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 90; Irish Catholic leaders steered their flock into proslavery alignment against natural abolitionist sympathy. — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 95; Pro-slavery sentiment moved from America back into Irish nationalism — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 126 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• The Irish moved from an oppressed Irish race to an oppressing American race #expands (0.85) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 31
• Arriving in America corrupted the Irish into racial prejudice #expands (0.82) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 7
• Irish immigrants learned anti-Black hatred upon landing in America, not at home #qualifies (0.78) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 6