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Psychoactive plants in Ancient World: notes from an Ethnobotanist academia.edu 1 fact
claimThe historical use of psychotropic plants across different cultures traces back to the Neolithic period in the Old World and prehistoric periods in the New World.
Debt bondage en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
accountDuring the colonial history of the United States, individuals bonded themselves to owners who paid for their passage to the New World.
Contradictions of Capital and Slavery: A Reply - New Left Review newleftreview.org Feb 24, 2025 1 fact
perspectiveBarbara Fields argues that the class struggles of Africans in the New World differed from those of European workers because Africans lacked the long history of negotiations and contests that the English lower classes had used to establish their relationship with superiors.
Systemic Debt Slavery - David Korten davidkorten.org Jan 8, 2021 1 fact
accountDuring the early colonial period in the United States, individuals unable to pay for passage to the New World committed to a period of indentured service to the person who paid their debt to the ship captain.
history Archives - UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics psychedelics.berkeley.edu 1 fact
accountThe shamanistic use of hallucinogenic plants for healing, knowledge acquisition, and societal cohesion was repressed in both the Old and New Worlds by the progenitors of contemporary Euro-American culture, often with the complicity of medical professions.
Hallucinogenic Plants and Their Use in Traditional Societies culturalsurvival.org Feb 19, 2010 1 fact
claimProfessor R.E. Schultes and his colleagues at the Harvard Botanical Museum are responsible for introducing a significant number of hallucinogenic plants into academic literature, with their research focus predominantly on the New World.
The role of Plant Foods in the evolution and Dispersal of early Humans kernsverlag.com Jul 30, 2022 1 fact
referenceS. A. Vasil’ev et al. established a radiocarbon-based chronology of the Paleolithic in Siberia and analyzed its relevance to the peopling of the New World.
Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the Catholic Faith: A Brief History of ... catholicscientists.org 1 fact
claimOrigen suggested one interpretation of Pope St. Clement of Rome's "worlds" was that Clement referred to unreachable parts of Earth, similar to how later explorers distinguished between the "Old World" and "New World."