Algeria’s European settlers feared expulsion more than anything else

Evidence

But beneath these racialist outbursts it was easy to discern a deep anxiety: the fear of being run out of the country. “What will become of us?” was a question that often recurred when day-to-day events were discussed. Paralyzed by their anxiety, these Europeans could imagine no other solution than the perpetuation of the status quo. What Algeria’s Frenchmen were most worried about, in fact, was whether or not they would be able to remain in Algeria. Having to leave—whether for France, Canada or Brazil (as some were contemplating)—meant exile. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 556 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

But, not for the first time, the O.A.S. was proved to be defeating its own ends; principally because of the atmosphere of terror created by the O.A.S., and despite its threats of “sanctions”, since the beginning of April no less than one hundred thousand pieds noirs had already left the country — or one in ten of the total European population. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1614 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

In Algeria, where European settlers are numerous and where the territorial militia lost no time in enrolling the postman, the nurse and the grocer in the repressive system, the men who directed the struggle faced an absolutely new situation. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 187 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Algerians read the retreat of colonialism from settler fear and anger; Algerian colonization conscripted ordinary European settlers into the repressive system — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 187; Colonial settlers’ deepest fear was expulsion, not political loss — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 556 (+2 more)

Related

• Colonial settlers’ deepest fear was expulsion, not political loss (similarity 0.89)
• Algerians read the retreat of colonialism from settler fear and anger (similarity 0.87)
• Algerian colonization conscripted ordinary European settlers into the repressive system (similarity 0.85)
• O.A.S. terrorism accelerated the very European exodus it aimed to prevent (similarity 0.82)
• The European settler minority is the central obstacle to ending the Algerian war (similarity 0.82)
• By 1917 only a fifth of Algeria’s non-Muslim settlers were French-born. (similarity 0.82)
• Most Algerian colons were not ethnically French at all. (similarity 0.81)
• European settlers’ aggressive demands for minority rights dissolved when assured of belonging (similarity 0.80)
• French settlers never exceeded thirteen percent of Algeria’s population (similarity 0.80)
• Algeria’s Europeans grew conscious of Algerian nationality during the Revolution (similarity 0.80)
• Colonial reprisals restored European Algerians’ race prejudice and arrogance. (similarity 0.79)
• By 1917 only one in five Algerian Europeans was of true French descent (similarity 0.79)
• The O.A.S. terror campaign backfired and sped French withdrawal from Algeria. (similarity 0.79)
• European settlers actively aided the F.L.N. and died for the Algerian cause (similarity 0.78)
• Pied noir survival in Algeria was untenable even without O.A.S. violence (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Colonial settlers’ deepest fear was expulsion, not political loss #corroborates (0.95) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 556
• O.A.S. terrorism accelerated the very European exodus it aimed to prevent #corroborates (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1614
• Algerian colonization conscripted ordinary European settlers into the repressive system #expands (0.55) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 187