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Re: Indians as slaves
James Brothers <[log in to unmask]>
Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:59:39 -0400
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I suspect that part of the reason that Africans worked better than  
American Indians as slaves was that they had already been exposed to  
Old World diseases. The death rate among Americans from Old World  
diseases was catastrophic (in some cases 100%). You can't work if you  
are dead.

James Brothers, RPA
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