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In the film Black Robe, members of an Algonquin tribe believe a Jesuit priest to be a demon after he demonstrates writing. How accurate is this portrayal, and more generally, how did pre-literate societies react to the discovery of writing post-contact?

by /u/SignedName in /r/AskHistorians

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