Eventually, most of Africa was colonized, and many Africans were treated as second-class citizens in their own land, but, the slave trade stopped in the 19th century, and in the late 20th century all of Africa was run by sovereign states with governments serving the native African population. .
Loss of Native Cultures:.
The attitude amongst European settlers was horrific: Destroy indigenous culture and remould the natives into the image of European "civil" society. To do this, Europeans separated children from their parents and sent them to missionary schools to "brainwash" them. In the Americas, France and Britain did exactly this. As well, the Europeans introduced alcohol to the Indians, which they found highly addictive, and, have a very low biological tolerance for. Several tribes in the Hudson Bay region fell victim to alcoholism, and consequently made many unfair trades of land and resources while intoxicated. Alcoholism spread throughout the Native American population, and land continued to go to the white settlers, until the natives destitute and at the mercy of the colonies. The Spanish also brought alcohol to central and South America, as well as simply wiping out entire civilizations of Natives in their search for land and gold. Of approximately 50-80 million Indians in Mexico and South America, only 7-30 million exist today. The vast majority of natives in the industrialized countries of Canada and U.S.A. have lost their traditional lifestyles to the Christian, industrial attitude of the settlers.
In Australia, Aborigines were simply dislocated, enslaved, or put in missionary schools. Most aboriginals along the eastern coast were displaced from the region and onto unfamiliar and dry land. The Aborigines in central Australia managed to avoid contact with the Europeans and are lucky enough to live their traditional lives, but traces of European interference exist. Foreign animals, vehicles, pollution, and poaching have disrupted the Aboriginal way of life by destroying their environment and killing their game (food), seriously threatening the sustainability of their traditional lifestyle.