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The Journey of an Irish Coffin Ship. 1847 Robert Whyte

PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:05 pm
by Fairlie
The Journey of an Irish Coffin Ship.

1847
by Robert Whyte
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/SADLI ... RWhyte.htm

Re: The Journey of an Irish Coffin Ship. 1847 Robert Whyte

PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:26 pm
by Tricia
Honestly I just cannot imagine their state of minds never mind bodies .. So bloody tragic but we all need educated

Re: The Journey of an Irish Coffin Ship. 1847 Robert Whyte

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 11:04 pm
by Fairlie
Tricia ยป Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:26 pm wrote:Honestly I just cannot imagine their state of minds never mind bodies .. So bloody tragic but we all need educated


I don't think you could begin to imagine the mental torture these people went through

Re: The Journey of an Irish Coffin Ship. 1847 Robert Whyte

PostPosted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 1:33 pm
by Tricia
The living dead basically and to think they are our ancestors not that far back in grand scheme of things

Re: The Journey of an Irish Coffin Ship. 1847 Robert Whyte

PostPosted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 4:10 pm
by Aoife
well I'm sure this is the reason why we still behave like the living dead instead of letting go of fear and "what if"s and taking our destiny in our own hands .... seeing that psychotrauma and starvation both are inherited it truly happened just yesterday :(