History of the United States I / Unit 5 USH1 0603 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Amherst and the Blankets
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The idea
Field Marshal Jeffrey Amherst proposed biological warfare, writing that his officers would do well to inoculate the Indians by means of blankets.
In practice
A proposal made in writing by the theatre's commanding officer.
Where people slip
The anchor records colonial attacks as equally brutal, and says race relations on the frontier remained poisoned afterwards.
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