Why did Americans genocide the Indians but enslave the blacks?

[RobEurope]

Why not just enslave the Indians?

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So many excuses.

[jshm2]

They tried, but the Indians fought back. Chinese and Irish were also enslaved by White American slavers.

Also, the diseases the White man brought over wiped most American Indians out regardless.

[SiberFox]

How to let people know you don't know your history.

[Agape93]

Indians can and did fight back and inflict massive casualties, and tended to scare people a lot.

[EnglishEuropean]

In frontier times they used to say "The only good Indian is a dead Indian." That was because the Indians wouldn't work for them.

[Agape93]

And because they made it nearly a game in wiping out caravans and homesteads, and sometimes even military units.

[LazerBean]

Enslaving black people was a trend at that time. The Americans didn't invent it.

[gorydetails]

Wait till you hear that Americans weren't the only people to enslave blacks.

[Anonymous]

Everyone of every race has been enslaved at some point.

Enough with black slavery. It's over. Get over it.

[Opinion Owner]

Dude you're from Belgium stfu