this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

20% of the population in 1776 were slaves who came from Africa. There are more countries outside Europe

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not like the Europeans colonized those African countries at the time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Scramble for Africa happened after the USA was established as a country

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

20% is a lot ! there are more countries that..? I think you forgot a word

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, these were definitely not the people who decided how to handle/name/format stuff, sadly...