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Part One: The Accidental Genocide of the Andaman Islands

Behind the Bastards

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The End of the People

The end of the people became briefly something of a meme around the British Empire Hundreds of books and photographs were passed around England with images of naked tribesmen fishing and dancing. One thing that helped to spread the popularity of the Andamanese people was the fact that oddly enough they seem to be slowly dying out Mm-hmm now between 1864 and 1879 150 babies were born by the women living in the AndamanESE home None of these babies lived past two it was noted by observers at the time that it seemed as if the will of theAndamanese people to continue Existing had been broken Sure. Yeah Now be beyond that is there any it's just disease probably or mostly

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