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To: C19fan

So when the Pilgrim came to America in 1621 weren’t they refugees and shouldn’t they have been welcomed with open arms by the natives?


5 posted on 11/27/2022 4:05:08 AM PST by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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Brilliant! I’m going to use this if you don’t mind... :)


18 posted on 11/27/2022 6:46:17 AM PST by imabadboy99
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To: frogjerk
"So when the Pilgrim came to America in 1621 weren't they refugees and shouldn't they have been welcomed with open arms by the natives?"
They were welcomed and assigned land as allies by the local tribe that had been decimated by smallpox and were being attacked by more powerful western tribes.
26 posted on 11/27/2022 11:30:09 AM PST by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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