In the 15th century, amidst a prolonged era of imperial violence, a damaging chain of events played out on the island of Madeira, located in the northern Atlantic, that would repeat itself over and over around the world for centuries to come.
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A songbird lies on bare concrete, its golden feathers askew. It twitches, chirps weakly. After several seconds, it falls silent and goes still.
This tragic scene doesn’t play out on a sidewalk. The bird’s feathers are plastic and its body constructed of...
