Despite this, the various occupied populations quickly found themselves suffering harsher and more brutal treatment than they had ever experienced under their former colonial rulers.
The occupied populations were suffering harsher treatment than under their former colonial rulers.
The occupied populations were better off than when they were under their former colonial rulers.
The man is with others.
Two people are riding on a bus.
A girl is empty-handed.
Two women on a mountain ledge
The cried as they shared tales.
The people of this town masterfully weathered such existential threats as mosquito-borne diseases and violent invasions.