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A HERETIC I AM

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18. Where do you get the 90 million figure from?

Reply to DENVERPOPS (Reply #13)

Mon Feb 10, 2020, 08:48 PM

Feb 2020

Not to diminish what was done to the native people of North America, but 90 million?

I’ve seen best estimates for the population in the early 1500’s at 15 million, tops.

Or are you including all of the Americas, from the Arctic Circle to Tierra Del Fuego?

I still doubt the 90,000,000 figure, however.

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