less than slaves. This lead to the Irish people were used for difficult labor in the south because people did not want to risk killing their slaves. The whites would say the slaves are worth too much to be risked, but if the Irish are killed nobody loses anything. "One Southerner explained explained the use of Irish labor on the grounds that: 'n-----s are worth too worth too much to be risked here: if the Paddies (Irish) are knocked overboard . . . nobody loses anything" (Document c: Historian, David Roediger's). Back then Irish people were treated so terribly, that every the black slaves were not treated as badly as the Irish. Even the illustration in Document A by Thomas Nast, illustrated a drawing of a black slave vs. a Irish slave. Which
