The native Americans were not the only indigenous people to suffer because of colonization. Throughout history there have been documented instances where the arrival of a new group of people to a land has had disturbing effects on the native populous. During the colonization period, people migrated from their home lands to various places such as Africa, Australia, Latin America, and North American and most cases the results were devastating (Rubinstein, 2004). None of these are considered “genocide” but all suffered the consequences of a harsh invitation.
As with any new group of people to a foreign land the colonists brought a very deadly killer with them as they crossed the oceans, disease. This invisible threat turned out to be the number
As with any new group of people to a foreign land the colonists brought a very deadly killer with them as they crossed the oceans, disease. This invisible threat turned out to be the number