European peasants were probably needed to tend the lands of their lords. Ed
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christoph Reuss" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Indian prejudice > Ed Weick wrote: >> Pete, you say "I rather suspect the primary reason for using african >> slaves >> was the convenient skin marker that made it impossible for the labour to >> ever be free of pursuit." That may have been a reason, but not likely >> the >> primary one. In building up their plantations, Europeans tried to use >> native Indian labour, but soon found that the Indians were not immune >> to European diseases and thus died off in large numbers. > > The issue was why/if they didn't use _Europeans_ as slaves... > > Chris > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
