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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoHey now, a bunch of those settler-colonialists also classified as war refugees, given that the continent was a near continuous bloodbath across the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Fleeing some form of religious persecution or cross-border struggle or engineered famine has been a major driver for North American migrants from the Mayflower Era right up until the modern day.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoMy family came over in 1733 because the French burned down every village within a couple miles of the Rhine
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoHey, I’m here with ya. My mom’s grandparents fled Mussolini and my dad’s grandparents fled Stepan Bandera.
Hey now, a bunch of those settler-colonialists also classified as war refugees, given that the continent was a near continuous bloodbath across the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
Fleeing some form of religious persecution or cross-border struggle or engineered famine has been a major driver for North American migrants from the Mayflower Era right up until the modern day.
My family came over in 1733 because the French burned down every village within a couple miles of the Rhine
Hey, I’m here with ya. My mom’s grandparents fled Mussolini and my dad’s grandparents fled Stepan Bandera.