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I mean, it legally was. The fact that we effectively stole it from the natives, is immaterial to that.

• homonculus1 7y ago
  *conquered
  • CydeWeys 7y ago
    No, a lot of it was just outright treaties and contracts that were then later ignored. And there is/was legal theories of war, which weren't applied to the "savages" back then.
  • inscionent 7y ago
    Murder, Forced Labor, Indefinite imprisonment. It was what it was. We can become a better society but not if we turn a blind eye to where we came from.