Ireland's tangled relationship with empire
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Agents of Empire: Profiting and Transforming Landscapes
This chapter discusses the agents of empire and how they profited in places like India, the Caribbean, and North America. It explores the stories of Gerald Danger, a successful agent of colonization in Bombay, and Antoine Walsh, the most important Irish slave trader in the French Atlantic. The chapter also examines the role of Irish Catholics in the Atlantic slave trade and their involvement in the development of American colonies.
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