What was the Myth of White Innocence? Why was it a myth? What was the reality? How do we know?
Peter D’Errico, The smallpox blankets question, 2010
A historian dove into the primary and secondary sources to try to answer the age-old question: Did British forces actually use germ warfare during the Seven Years’ War by giving Indians smallpox-infected blankets? Or did they just write about maybe doing so?
What did D’Errico mean by these words?
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