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That's also an astounding generalisation-

The colony of Savannah, Georgia, was founded by James Oglethorpe to give the poor in Britain another chance at life. He also outlawed slavery in the colony, in ''1733! ''Oglethorpe and the local Indian chief, Tomo chi-chi, became fast friends and built up an alliance between the two peoples, and when the latter died, he was buried with full military honours in the City.

Then, on the opposite end of the spectrum, you had the Belgians in the Congo, who cut local's hands off for not making enough rubber.

My point is that History isn't as clear-cut and black-and-white as people would like it to be. And in most cases, viewing it through a 21st century lense of "Good-and-Bad" will not lead to actual facts or any real lessons being learned.