AS Conquest

David L. White dlwhite at texas.net
Mon Dec 11 16:52:34 UTC 2000


> Remember timing!  Enslavement, however attractive, was not an option in the
> American midwest, nor in Australia.  If these countries had been invaded in
> the 15th century instead of when they were, things might have been different.

> A better example might be Spanish America.  Did the Spanish still accept
> slavery at the of the conquistadors?

        I somehow neglected to mention Latin America in my earlier emissive.
It is one of the better examples of enserfment.
        And obviously hunter-gatherers do not lend themselves to enserfment.

                                                        Dr. David L. White



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