Colonial appropriation was framed as lawful inheritance once cultivated by Europeans.

Evidence

Applied to whole peoples, property was “European” to the extent that Europeans appropriated, cultivated, and then lawfully passed it on to generations of Europeans as their own inheritance. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 813

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the standing ‘Grafting & Growth’ interest: cultivation as title, labor as ownership claim over land and peoples.