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roamer65

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12. I know we brought over death, in more ways than one.

Reply to csziggy (Reply #10)

Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:37 PM

Jul 2021

The viruses we brought over wiped out nearly 90 percent of Native Americans, by some estimates. The Spanish conquistadors didn’t have much to conquer. Many villages they encountered simply had no one left. There was no one left to conquer or enslave.

So...they looked to Africa for slave labor in the Americas, starting another horrific chapter in European history.

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1492. roamer65 Jul 2021 #9

There are two excellent books about the influx of Europeans into the Americas csziggy Jul 2021 #10

I know we brought over death, in more ways than one. roamer65 Jul 2021 #12

Yes, but what is interesting is the influx of peoples from Asia csziggy Jul 2021 #14

THIS malaise Jul 2021 #11