The more slaves they captured meant the more horses and guns they possess and the more military dominance resulted in more successful wars guaranteed large supplies of slaves. ... They could direct commerce in ways that helped them also compel Africans to wage wars that might otherwise not have been waged. ... There were determinative physical diversities between African and Indian populations. ... The Indians were too indifferent to wages. ... Some journeys took about a month while those undertaken by British and French ships stretched up to three months. ...

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It wasn't until years later that anyone understood that the "Indians" he encountered weren't from India after all. ... Five European powers--Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, and Italy colonized almost the entire continent by 1900. ... France attempted to annex Algeria in the 1830s, but made little effort to understand the Muslim Berbers who lived there. ... The French finally withdrew from the colony in 1962 after the Algerians voted 6,000,000 to 16,000 to ask the French to leave. ... A civil war is a war within a nation, as opposed to a war with other nations. ...

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All of these slaves were a result of prisoners of war ( he slave was battle captive), payments of debts, and punishments for crimes. ... Of the European countries, Britain, France, Sweden, Denmark and Holland also engaged in maritime slave-trading (Gomez 2005, 65). ... The slaves' diet consisted of cheap foods such as Indian corn, lemons, rice and beans. ...

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One example of ethnic cleavage which can be traced directly to colonial foundations is that of the African/Asian (Indian) divide in Kenya and Uganda. ... Arguably though, the development of some military personnel and infrastructure for colonial benefit(also a pool of manpower for extraterritorial wars, such as the French in IndoChina) provided a potent enough springboard for the military to play a role in post-independence affairs. ... In the French colonies, where civil law was the style, both the lack of native legal training and the limited viability in poor societies meant that there was ...

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