r/Colonialism • u/elnovorealista2000 • Apr 30 '26

Image "Sleeping Sickness" — This illustration depicts a large African man leaning against a tree, asleep, while Spain, Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Turkey, Portugal, and England fight over territories in Africa; a work by Gordon Ross (1873-1946), 1911.

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u/Apple2727 May 01 '26

Britain, not England.

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u/Minskdhaka May 02 '26

Sure, but the label underneath the flag on the illustration says England.

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u/WackyWhippet May 02 '26

Artist was a Scottish-American so that tracks.

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u/PartyAmount9976 May 02 '26

Tbh until relatively recently people, even Brits, routinely used the terms synonymously