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A comment on Barbary Pirates and English Slaves (2017). Parent comment

Re:Barbary Pirates and English Slaves (2017) by hef19898 on Sunday April 17, 2022 @02:26PM (#31063012)
Poland as a nation didn't exist until the end of WW1. Difficult to colonize when you don't exist as a nation.
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Re:Barbary Pirates and English Slaves (2017) by badpun on Monday April 18, 2022 @03:05PM (#31075023)
I’m speaking about Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which existed during the first stages of colonisation, and in which Poland played the dominant role.
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