Monday 19 November 2012
The aboriginal fur trade. My thoughts.
From what I can tell, i feel like the aboriginals are being used. The Europeans are abusing the trade. They trade utensils like forks, knives, spoons for rather large amounts of fur, since the aboriginals don't know how much the forks are worth they just give them what they want. They don't know that it's relatively cheap on the Europeans end of the bargain. That's how I see it, the Europeans are being rather abusive, taking advantage of the aboriginals.
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You're right but remember that it's all about perspective. To the Aboriginals, furs are all around them and the metal objects are the rarity so often, they felt they were getting a better deal.
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