• VeniVerminiVomui@lemmy.ml
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    9 days ago

    Source for that 75% claim? Wondering how it’s calculated since I’ve heard ~90% died to plagues the settlers brought, but since 75% is below that it seems like it’s calculating something else. Is it referring to some specific time period?

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      9 days ago

      It is possible 90% of certain tribes on the East Coast died of plague. However the vast majority of native Americans were slaughtered other ways.

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        9 days ago

        Over what time period are we talking though?

        Like the Wikipedia article says 10-100M and up to 95% died from plagues brought over from ~1500-1618, but I can’t tell if the sources are any good/reliable.

        Does this count or does it mean that of those who remained, a further 75% got genocided? Or is it referring to some specific even later genocide.