SomeoneM to Don’t You Know Who I Am?@lemmy.world · 1 year agoGo figure.imagemessage-square427fedilinkarrow-up12.36Karrow-down170
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minus-squareMillie@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoJeffery Amherst used biological warfare in the form of smallpox blankets on natives. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffery_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst
minus-squarekautau@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoProbably because it’s named after https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffery_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst who wanted to exterminate indigenous people and used smallpox blankets to try to wipe them out.
minus-squareSomeoneOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoHe’s small pox blanket guy?! Yeah they need a name change.
What’s wrong with the name Amherst?
Jeffery Amherst used biological warfare in the form of smallpox blankets on natives.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffery_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst
Probably because it’s named after https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffery_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst who wanted to exterminate indigenous people and used smallpox blankets to try to wipe them out.
He’s small pox blanket guy?! Yeah they need a name change.