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Final Excerpt - Saoirse ~ The Irish Slave & The Divide

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Saoirse The Irish Slave & The Divide Ready to download & Read... https://a.co/d/dKmDLzo Written by Mercedes Keyes Prelude              Late 17th Century - Ireland - 1600s   “Maximilian Euan O’Shaughnessy - I hereby sentence you for repeated crimes of highway robbery. You are to serve seven years of indentured labor with the Jamestown, Virginia Company in the commonwealth of Virginia.” The magistrate court official repeated this passionless, droning dictate toward those that stood with Maximilian. Each one of the shackled criminals took their turn with fellow criminals until the magistrate court official sentenced them all. Max stood with his hands bound before him, attached to a convicted one before and after, everyone in sore need of a bath. He stood wondering how he might escape this fate forced upon him. He was indeed guilty of the said crime. However, despite the outcome he could find no means to regret what he had done. His loathing for the English left him with litt