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From the 1490s to early 20th Century, Europeans and White Americans were engaged in unbroken killings of Native Peoples of Americas. they were killed, tortured, sexually abused, were forcefully involved in military occupations and in the slave trade.

David Livingstone was a Scottish missionary and explorer . He was one of the greatest European explorers of Africa. He reached to new peoples in the interior of Africa and introduce them to Christianity, as well as freeing them from slavery.

In 1800, the Dutch Government disbanded the Company and established direct rule over Indonesia. Since the government was in deep financial crises, it wanted to use Indonesia as a source of revenue. The Dutch forced the native people to deliver products like coffee, sugar and spices as taxes. This was sold in international markets by the government which earned huge profits.

The Africa continent was known as the unknown continent till the 18th century.

The Dutch capitalists started investing in Indonesia to set up plantations in which a single crop like rubber, pepper or sugarcane was extensively planted. These were managed by the Dutch planters. Many of the crops were even brought from distant countries like India. Thus, the Dutch Indonesia produced most of the worlds supply of quinine and pepper, over a third of its rubber, a quarter of its coconut products, and a fifth of its tea, sugar, coffee, and oil.