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Patrick was not imprisoned but was held against his will in Ireland and forced to be a shepherd for a pagan Druid chieftain. The place was Slemish, County Antrim, where Saint Patrick is said to have worked as a shepherd while a slave.

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Patrick was held as a slave in Ireland.

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