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minus-squareCarbonIceDragon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 months agoTo my understanding, a lot of earlier French attempts at colonies in North America had fallen apart or seen a significant percentage of colonists killed off by disease and such, so there’d have been a significant risk that you wouldn’t survive.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months ago“We’ve got a problem over there with disease. How about we send over a bunch of prostitutes.”
To my understanding, a lot of earlier French attempts at colonies in North America had fallen apart or seen a significant percentage of colonists killed off by disease and such, so there’d have been a significant risk that you wouldn’t survive.
“We’ve got a problem over there with disease. How about we send over a bunch of prostitutes.”