Sharing its name with a notorious ancient city; Babylon village has been the home harbor of Long Island baymen; a post-World War II suburban boomtown; and the birthplace of the nation's first professional black baseball team. The modern village is well known for its picturesque Argyle Park and flourishing downtown; but it was once revered as a vacation resort destination for those near and far. The community has evolved from decades of residents; visitors; and experiences that have contributed to and created the history of Babylon village; one of the oldest established communities on the South Shore of Long Island.
#2149763 in Books Herbert L Byrd Jr 2016-04-12Original language:English 7.99 x .52 x 5.00l; .55 #File Name: 1460285646228 pagesProclamation 1625 America s Enslavement of the Irish
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Overall; It's very interesting!By Big bearThe book reads very much like a textbook or doctoral dissertation; which made reading it very often slow and tedious.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I always read that English prisoners and their poor were brought to the US as indentured servantsBy georgiagirlPurchased this book with some skepticism because I really had some disbelief that the Irish were ever enslaved in this country or else where. I always read that English prisoners and their poor were brought to the US as indentured servants. However as I began to read this well researched and annotated book; my eyes were opened to the truth. I am so glad that Herbert Byrd wrote this book. I love history and we need the unvarnished truth. I certainly understand having read Proclamation1625 why this history was hidden in plain sight. Proclamation 1625 upends a lot of what we were taught about slavery in the United States. I urge everyone who loves history and truth to read this book and share the knowledge with others. I guarantee you will be amazed.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Perhaps one of the most difficult arguments to make; ...By CustomerPerhaps one of the most difficult arguments to make; that the Irish were once slaves; Herbert Byrd's Proclamation 1625 presents the proper documentation to prove it existed despite past and present attempts to deny this historical fact. I've always wondered how and why America's brand of slavery was far more harsh and permanent in comparison to any other kind in the world. This book answers many if not all questions leading to my curiosity and intrigue. The author chronicles a series of acts passed both in England and America that ties economic interests with social policy; that of slavery and legalized racism. He draws parallels between the dehumanizing propaganda aimed at both Irish Catholics and African Americans. With the comparison; the author dispels myths I've always accepted as truth. For example; I assumed that the presence of mulattoes in past American populations was a result of repeated outbreaks of slave masters raping countless enslaved black women. On the contrary; the book offers evidence that the race blending was done so voluntarily out of a reciprocated expression of affection perhaps rooted from the shared Irish and African experience of the atrocities of slavery. Historians in denial have criticized the book insisting that the Irish only came as indentured servants; however; the photographs can't lie as images of period caricatures from newspapers as well as copies of legal documents are plentiful throughout the book. Proclamation 1625 should be a required reading for students of American and World history because it exposes and reveals the origin of a "necessary evil;" that through a dynamic evolution reverberates centuries after its emancipation.
