Columbus, The Criminal

[Sakandari]

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonist who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain.

From rape, to pillage, to flat-out murder, Columbus and his men committed horrendous atrocities against America’s indigenous people.

'We could subjugate them all'



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[A_A]

Ok, people need to chill with demonizing Christoper Columbus. He wasn’t the best, but he isn’t Hitler.

 

[Nilotufian]

Not a very Italian sounding name...

 

[Ugaaso]

Ok, people need to chill with demonizing Christoper Columbus. He wasn’t the best, but he isn’t Hitler.

He's the reason why Native Americans were terrorized.

 

[A_A]

He's the reason why Native Americans were terrorized.

Read up on him, he actually isn’t that bad. A little dumb though

 

[Yaquub]

Forget about him. He's in jahannam now and will be for eternity. All wicked bastards will remain in there forever until they regret the day they were born.

 

[Sakandari]

The death of 3 million people

A young, Catholic priest named Bartolomé de las Casas transcribed Columbus’ journals and later wrote about the violence he had witnessed. The fact that such crimes could potentially go unnoticed by future generations was deeply troubling to him. He expanded upon the extent of Columbus’s reign of terror within his multi-volume book entitled the "History of the Indies":

"There were 60,000 people living on this island, including the Indians; so that from 1494 to 1508, over 3,000,000 people had perished from war, slavery, and the mines. Who in future generations will believe this? I myself writing it as a knowledgeable eyewitness can hardly believe it."​

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/truth-columbus-mass-killer-father-slave-trade

 

[Prince Abubu]

Read up on him, he actually isn’t that bad. A little dumb though

Unless you're talking about another Christopher Columbus, you're talking nonsense. Columbus is one of the most evil men in history and is directly responsible for the extinction of many native American tribes in the Carribbean.

 

[Eisenstein]

Columbus was bad obviously but @Sakandari strikes me as wadaad with agenda though.

 

[A_A]

Unless you're talking about another Christopher Columbus, you're talking nonsense. Columbus is one of the most evil men in history and is directly responsible for the extinction of many native American tribes in the Carribbean.

History???

 

[A_A]

The guy links his sources, saying Columbus was a bad man is understandable. He wasn’t the worst though, I encourage y’all to research the guy.

 

[A_A]

Also, you can read his journals online for free. History isn’t black and white.

 

[James Dahl]

Not a very Italian sounding name...

That's because his real name was Christoforo Colombo.

He acted the same as Leopold did in Congo, including chopping off hands, he was the first brutal colonial imperialist.