Re: The joy of Democracy

On Mon, 4 Nov 2024, Peter Flass wrote:

D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

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On Sat, 2 Nov 2024, rbowman wrote:
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On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 22:30:39 +0100, D wrote:
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During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there was a significant
demand for labor in plantations across the Americas and on islands such
as Mauritius and Réunion. This demand fueled a slave trade that affected
many African communities. While much of this trade involved individuals
from coastal regions or areas further north, it also extended into
southern Africa.

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With a whole continent full of indigenous labor they imported Africans.
The truth is while the Cherokee didn't have a problem enslaving people
from other tribes they saw the value of buying Africans instead. When they
headed to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears they took their African slaves
with them.

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Really? So indians bought negro slaves? Had no idea! In europe, indians
can do no wrong, and their history is held up as a paragon of eco-friendly
and just, which was crushed by the bad white man.
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They enslaved people from other tribes, too. Without plantation agriculture
it wasn’t that common.

I'll never trust a democrat when it comes to US history again! What else has been hidden from me? In europe, indians are these sweet little nature people who can do no wrong, and who were abused by the white man. That's the only story around the european mainstream.