Senin, 22 Januari 2018

Early French Champion Of the American Indians

Alexis de Tocqueville was sympathetic but not optimistic. In Michigan Territory during the summer of 1831, young French nobleman Alexis de Tocqueville met Indians not yet burdened with European religion, principles and ideas. But he did not doubt that soon the civilizing process would, by compulsion or choice, transform them, and he was just as …

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