By far, the WORST was the colonization of India, IMO. Not only did Britain colonize India, they actually allowed a private company to essentially OWN India, complete with a private army to maintain control, until 1857. Reprehensible.

It was a "proprietary colony," meaning that it was held as a fiefdom, like any other fiefdom in Great Britain. The land of Maryland was the demesne of Lord Baltimore (though, of course, the Crown had no right to grant it!), so Maryland was held by the Government of Great Britain (through feudal holdings)

A better example would be Virginia, held under charter by the London Company, just like India was held under charter by the East India Company.

Trekkies will find out where the name Botany Bay comes from.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fatal_Shore

Who wins that one???? Imagine how many were killed. and...no one counted..is that correct?

though there's no reason not to add the U.S. government's horrific treatment of Native Americans, as at its nadir, that too was a 19th century phenomena.

Of course, you're right, the estimate of how many Native Americans lived in the Americas pre-white contact, varies wildly. The number in what is now the U.S., is pretty much unknown as well, but it was genocide, no ifs ands or buts.

To this day, our government minimizes this genocide in myriad ways.

It is nothing but shameful. And we still haven't faced it.

I just had to mention that...sorry..when I was a kid, many years ago...(?).. I grew up in an era, when most Native Americans were lower than scum..only exception...Tonto...but many years later, I learned the truth and it ain't pretty..