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[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Britains first colonial project was Ireland, which began around 1169 and intensified into the 1500s. They still occupy a part of the island and killings of unarmed civilians (sometimes children, sometimes shot in the back) are still being investigated and prosecuted.

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Colonizing and occupying the island, and even killing the residents wouldn't be the same as establishing concentration camps.

I'm not familiar with the details of the British occupation of Ireland, but the earliest I can find instances of people being put in camps is in the 1920's

Did Britain create some form of concentration camps before then?

Edit: it is such a fucked up thing to be claiming "credit" for.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

The island was so small that it was a camp itself, just referred to as Ireland. I can understand how that could be missed in a relative brief search.

It was heavily surveilled, controlled and garrisoned with similar abuse and exploitation that Native Americans faced. So the name and presentation is different maybe, but it’s essentially the same.

Later there were further camps called internment camps and prison camps. You’ll find reference to these around the time of the 1798 rebellion.