Why did the savages not eat negroes?
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They didn't like dark meat
I guess all long pig doesn't taste like chicken
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They were racist cannibals. What you gonna do ?
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I read somewhere, the natives thought more of the black people then white.
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I could be wrong, but I thought the Native American guy that gave them directions said something about maybe the cannibals think black people are poisonous. All the characters were talking at once in that scene and it was hard to understand. The impression I got was something similar to how people used to think tomatoes were poisonous because of their color as well. That's just my guess tho.
Cake or death? Hmmmm I choose cake please.
People thought tomatoes were poisonous because the acid would react with the silver plates used back then and release toxins (maybe mercury?). This would actually kill many people, so people thought they were poisonous.
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And the fact that both Tomatoes and Potatoes are part of the Nightshade family which is poisonous. Europeans were familiar with deadly Nightshade, but tomatoes and potatoes are new world plants.
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They look like they would taste bad.
shareIt probably ties into the same reason they go through so much trouble to whiten their bodies with dust or ash. I don't know what that reason is though.
shareNo, they do that as protection from the sun & insects; to mask their scent & for camouflage purposes
shareIf they are Troglodytes, 'cave dwellers' then they spent most of their time in the darkness of the caves..out of the sun. I'm guessing the white clay on their skin acts as a sun screen?
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