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  1. walruskkkch
    “I’d compare it to the purchase of Manhattan for $24 worth of trinkets, although I’m not happy about playing the part of the Indians.”
    I would, that was one sweet swindle. They palmed off a worthless island that they had no valid title to, for a whole shipload of priceless glass beads and metal tool that were completely unobtainable otherwise.

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