After reading about the history of the Afrikaners and the Great Irish Famine, I've started to wonder: what if the British began encouraging Irish immigration to their African colonies? The Irish diaspora caused by the potato famine is well known, as starving farmers traveled from Boston to Liverpool to escape their dire conditions. However, what if London decided that a group of people, desperate to leave their homes for greener pastures were perfect candidates to settle their new colonies in Africa. From my understanding, a large number of Irish Protestants were already well established in Natal, so would it be plausible for the British to persuade a bunch of Catholic potato farmers to move to Gambia or the Cape? And if so, how would this affect the New Age of Imperialism in the years to come?
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