Imperialism is the worst thing to happen in the world when indigenous peoples are concerned.

Starting with the Spaniards (who were bloody) while exploring the Americas, imposing their will
on the peoples there, to the British, and the rest of the western countries that took part in the
Atlantic Slave trade in the 18th century, indigenous peoples were always at the mercy of the
intruders who thought of maximizing exploitation without regard for humanity, and human life
(Mack, 45).
The excerpt gives a detailed, raw, and realistic view of how the slave trade affected the
indigenous peoples (mostly Africans) who were taken from their homes – some stolen, sold, or
otherwise – and taken to bondage where they were exposed to horrors in mines, and fields where
they were forced into labor.
Non-European peoples’ cultural and personal identities were ripped from them, reducing their
status to that of savages and an object of hate for the European peoples. The psychological
damage and extent of what they were subjected to only mirror their reaction; like for instance
before the narrator offers a biscuit to one of the laborers (Conrad, 82), “They were not enemies,
they were not criminals, they were nothing earthly now -- nothing but black shadows of disease
and starvation, lying confusedly in the greenish gloom. Brought from all the recesses of the
coast in all the legality of time contracts, lost in uncongenial surroundings, fed on unfamiliar
food, they sickened, became inefficient, and were then allowed to crawl away and rest”
Imperialism affected the health of indigenous peoples, just like the civilization in Mexico
(Aztecs) where almost half the population died of disease (Mack, 41). The narrative of spreading
civilization and saving people with the newfound God (Christianity) was only a tool that
imperialists used to blindfold indigenous people, while they sought their conquering agendas
across Africa and the Americas. Moreover, through the imposing of Christianity, indigenous
cultures were lost for good, as natives continued to convert and embrace the culture of their
oppressors.