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Montaigne's book "On Cannibals" describes an indigenous group in the Americas who he describes as cannibals. Was there a real-life group that he was drawing on? How was his essay received, and did this lead to "noble savage" sentiments?

by /u/cordis_melum in /r/AskHistorians

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