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"The White Man´s Burden"

Rudyard Kipling, English journalist and writer, was the author of the poem " The White Man´s Burden"(1899) that was considered as a defence of Imperialism.

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The British John Bull and the American Uncle Sam bear The White Man's Burden (Apologies to Rudyard Kipling), taking the coloured peoples of the world to civilisation. (Judge magazine, 1 April 1899)