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Why didn't the Africans die from small pox as many of the Native

Americans did during early colonization?
O They were able to escape the Europeans.
O They had immunities to the disease
O They had created the first antibiotics for small pox
O All of the above

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B. They were immune to the disease.

they had come in contact w/ it & other disease before, but Native Americans had not (americas didn’t really interact w/ afroeurasia!!) + antibiotics were not developed until later
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