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Would it be accurate to describe Junipero Serra as the "Saint of Genocide"? The mission system destroyed native communities and lives, yet I've seen some people say the "actual" genocide occurred during and after the Gold Rush, or that the mission system changed after Serra's death.

by /u/Paulie_Gatto in /r/AskHistorians

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