America

America’s history is described through the losses of civil war and Thurman’s account of settlement by violence and disease.

Story so far

The historical account describes the Civil War as killing more Americans than all subsequent conflicts combined. Paul Thurman also invokes a violent history of settlement, saying settlers made space in America by spreading sickness and killing the people already living there.

Role

America is the setting of the historical violence discussed in these accounts.

Relationships

Paul Thurman — Paul Thurman describes settlement in America as involving sickness and the killing of its inhabitants.

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Chapter 2

Thurman says settlers made space in America by spreading sickness and killing its inhabitants.