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What do you mean by science-washing? Are you implying that the Spanish intentionally killed 60 to 95% of indigenous Americans?
by zozin 6y ago
What do you mean by science-washing? Are you implying that the Spanish intentionally killed 60 to 95% of indigenous Americans?
- aunty_helen 6y agoIn Uruguay it was closer to 98%, when the indigenous people didn't want to conform with property rights, the order was given to wipe them out. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matanza_del_Salsipuedes https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matanza_del_Salsipuedes (There's no English article unfortunately)
- dgut 6y agoThat was after the Spanish authorities were kicked out of that region. The New Laws and Laws of the Indies, which had been in place for nearly three centuries by then, forbade such actions.