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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes but they weren't "people" so ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Quite some time ago I remember reading an excerpt of a journal written by either Columbus or one of his shipmates about the people they encountered in NA. He wrote how trusting and easy going they were, how that could be used against them, bend them to his will, enslave them, etc. It really was horrible reading how he viewed the natives as subhuman.