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Before there were African slaves in the New World, there were American Indian slaves. Did these Native American slaves ever rise up in revolt against their European slave masters in the same way Africans did? What is the history of Native American slave revolts and rebellions in the Americas?

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Did the Romans and Greeks think of themselves as "white"? Why wouldn't they have thought of themselves as white given their awareness of the existence of dark-skinned Ethiopians and Indians?

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Why has racial discrimination been historically more prevalent in North America than Latin America? Why does a country like the United States have a history of race riots, Jim Crow and Indian residential schools, whereas Latin America does not?

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Where does the myth of North America as some underpopulated "virgin land" come from?

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Did Vasco da Gama commit significant crimes against humanity in both Africa and India during his so-called voyages of exploration?

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We have no Spanish black legend with regard to the Moors, but we do have one with the American Indians. Why was the Reconquista of Spain significantly less brutal than the Spanish Conquista of the Americas? What made the Spaniards want to treat the American Indians many times worse than the Moors?

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Before there were African slaves in the New World, there were American Indian slaves. Did these Native American slaves ever rise up in revolt against their European slave masters in the same way Africans did? What is the history of Native American slave revolts and rebellions in the Americas?	3	AskHistorians
Did the Romans and Greeks think of themselves as "white"? Why wouldn't they have thought of themselves as white given their awareness of the existence of dark-skinned Ethiopians and Indians?	1	AskHistorians
Why has racial discrimination been historically more prevalent in North America than Latin America? Why does a country like the United States have a history of race riots, Jim Crow and Indian residential schools, whereas Latin America does not?	0	AskHistorians
Where does the myth of North America as some underpopulated "virgin land" come from?	0	AskHistorians
Did Vasco da Gama commit significant crimes against humanity in both Africa and India during his so-called voyages of exploration?	0	AskHistorians
We have no Spanish black legend with regard to the Moors, but we do have one with the American Indians. Why was the Reconquista of Spain significantly less brutal than the Spanish Conquista of the Americas? What made the Spaniards want to treat the American Indians many times worse than the Moors?	0	AskHistorians