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One big difference is Africa and Europe didn't have the one sided die-off from disease that North America did. Africa had sections that were quite dangerous fo
by protomyth 7y ago
One big difference is Africa and Europe didn't have the one sided die-off from disease that North America did. Africa had sections that were quite dangerous for Europeans, and when Europeans had their plagues it was pretty universal.
If Africa had disease outbreaks like North America, then it would have probably gone the same way as North America, even more so really given the shorter distances.
- betterunix2 7y agoWhile there was certainly a mass death from European diseases, it happened long before 1776. The unfortunate and shameful truth is that the United States violated agreements with the Native Americans and repeatedly failed to respect the various tribes' right to rule their territories (not to mention the war crimes and genocidal killing).
- protomyth 7y agoI am well aware of the treaty violations and other ongoing issues between the tribes and the US government since I have been on a reservation for large stretches over many years. What I was saying that Europe didn’t have a mass death of one group but not another. In North America it was the natives who died off, but not the Europeans. Africa had no equivalent of what happened in North America so no colony was capable of having a sea to shining sea manifest destiny.
- javagram 7y agoThe mass death permanently crippled the native nations’ population, reducing their ability to meaningfully resist illegal immigration into their lands
- banku_brougham 7y agoShorter distances?
- protomyth 7y agoAfrica is closer to Europe than North America.