OK i going to speak about the Elephant in the Living room. What about the Black USA ex-slaves? They have a lot of advantage in the colonization of the Congo By USA. to name a few
1.- Have a better resistance to the Tropical illness than the white population
2.- The could easily be "encouraged" to settle in the Colonial States
3.- There is a lot of Black educated population(first Black College founded in 1837) around 30% of the black population or 1.974.237 people (sources https://nces.ed.gov/naal/lit_history.asp / https://nces.ed.gov/naal/lit_history.asp) that were Dicoraged to work in the public services (correct me if i'm wrong)
4.- a lot of the population is Rural and know how to cultivate the land with low level technology,, in a climate similar to the congo
5.- They are black, are less obvious Invasors than White people
6.- As have better resistance to the illness they could be better in manned he fort and strong points
7- It´s could have a white colony in Katanga that could serve s capital of the colony and the rest of the country could be colonised with Black ex-slaves and this could be easily sold to the american South and as a Civilizing mission to the american north
9.- instead of the vicious circle of black prisoners being used as slave labor in the chain gangs, the "normal" punishment to a black criminal is being send to colonise the congo, a lot of the damaged done to he Afro-USA population was done with criminalization of the people to be used as "public slaves" labor
10.- Liberia it´s not a option in this point of the history at least not to the majority of the ex-slave population, that could be send to the congo
11.- if everything else fails, they could be better soldiers in africa than a principally white european one
Thoughts?
1.- Have a better resistance to the Tropical illness than the white population
2.- The could easily be "encouraged" to settle in the Colonial States
3.- There is a lot of Black educated population(first Black College founded in 1837) around 30% of the black population or 1.974.237 people (sources https://nces.ed.gov/naal/lit_history.asp / https://nces.ed.gov/naal/lit_history.asp) that were Dicoraged to work in the public services (correct me if i'm wrong)
4.- a lot of the population is Rural and know how to cultivate the land with low level technology,, in a climate similar to the congo
5.- They are black, are less obvious Invasors than White people
6.- As have better resistance to the illness they could be better in manned he fort and strong points
7- It´s could have a white colony in Katanga that could serve s capital of the colony and the rest of the country could be colonised with Black ex-slaves and this could be easily sold to the american South and as a Civilizing mission to the american north
9.- instead of the vicious circle of black prisoners being used as slave labor in the chain gangs, the "normal" punishment to a black criminal is being send to colonise the congo, a lot of the damaged done to he Afro-USA population was done with criminalization of the people to be used as "public slaves" labor
10.- Liberia it´s not a option in this point of the history at least not to the majority of the ex-slave population, that could be send to the congo
11.- if everything else fails, they could be better soldiers in africa than a principally white european one
Thoughts?