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As the New World started to come into effect the British government thought it would be a fantastic idea to explore the growing demands of an empire (Zaleski, 2001). However, the way the British wished to grow their empire was to send over tens of thousands of Irish men, women and children to this New World (Zaleski, 2001). Without a doubt the journey of these Irish men, women and children was a highly gut wrenching one, which some were forced into taking and others took the journey willingly with the hopes of gaining a better life. Indentured servants were what they were seen as but they were also considered to be slaves (Zaleski, 2001). Therefore, as it is seen in McCafferty's preface to her debut novel she goes onto addressing this forgotten piece of history, but she also goes into explaining the story of Cot Daley (Zaleski, 2001). Cot Daley, a 10 year old girl at the time, who was kidnapped from Galway and later sent to Barbados (Zaleski, 2001). In the following years as Daley grew older she was incarcerated for her role in a revolt, a revolt against her plantation owners, which also included the Irish servants and African slaves taking part in the revolt alongside Daley (Zaleski, 2001). Hence, it would seem that Cot Daley was a force to be reckoned with and that she also had many people behind her to back her up.

Zaleski, Jeff. “TESTIMONY OF AN IRISH SLAVE GIRL (Book).

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