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jun 1, 1899 - White Man's Burden

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American imperialists understood the phrase "the white man's burden" to justify imperial conquest as a civilising mission that is ideologically related to the continental expansion philosophy of manifest destiny of the early 19th century.

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jun 1, 1899
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~ 126 years ago