“The first slaves shipped to the American Colonies in 1619 were 100 white children from Ireland.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 20 Jun 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 June 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 July 2019, 35 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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