The Great Irish Famine
In Our Time: History
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I've Read About Accusations of Jenicide, Which Were Made by John Mitchell
There is no historical evidence whatever that there was intent on the part of the british government to kill the irish coma cani, come back to you. Janiside has a very different meaning in the context of the holycost and the horrors of what happened in the second world war. The 20 million pounds spent on plantation owners in the west indies who were bailed out by the government after the abolition of slavery act in 18 33. Little was spent thereafter. And then there is the issue that what the money was spent on was constrained in lots of ways - not con o saving life.
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