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Re: Holocaust and the Indians

Posted By: wintermute, on host 24.209.14.154
Date: Monday, January 31, 2005, at 18:07:51
In Reply To: Re: Holocaust and the Indians posted by Howard on Monday, January 31, 2005, at 16:50:27:

> American Indians also died in large numbers after being infected with "white man's diseses," against which they had no immunity. I guess it was unintended, but it still seems like germ warfare.

Well, not entirely unintended.

There is evidence to suggest that, during the French-Indian war, Sir Jeffrey Amhurst oversaw the distribution of smallpox-infected blankets to the natives.

Link: Bouquet's blankets

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Message:	> > American Indians also died in large numbers after being infected with "white man's diseses," against which they had no immunity. I guess it was unintended, but it still seems like germ warfare. > > Well, not entirely unintended. > > There is evidence to suggest that, during the French-Indian war, Sir Jeffrey Amhurst oversaw the distribution of smallpox-infected blankets to the natives.
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