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Christopher Columbus is well known as the person who discovered the Americas. We even have a holiday called “Columbus Day” to honor him. However he does not deserve this credit due to the way he treated the Native Americans, the legacy he left behind and the fact that he didn’t discover anything. Christopher punished those who questioned him, forced rape upon the Natives and forced the Native Americans to move west. He left behind a legacy of slavery, greed and genocide. Didn’t discover anything due to people already living on the land, others have already discovered the land and he wasn’t the one who proved the Earth is round.

Discovery of the new world made everyone happy but they all looked past the way he treated the Native Americans, the legacy that he would eventually leave behind and …show more content…

While Columbus was the first European to sail to America he set a path that others will follow. One of these being slavery. While Columbus was killing the Natives he then forced labor upon them. “ The people of Haiti, where Columbus established a colony in 1493, were almost completely exterminated within one generation, due directly or indirectly to Columbus’ actions” ( Source 4). This caused suffering to the Africans and once they died out he brought in Natives to finish their work. Besides the Slavery Columbus set up a path for greed that other voyagers would follow. Others saw Columbus as a role model and so they followed in his footsteps to discover other lands. Just like Columbus they would do anything to find new land and once they did find some they would do anything to make it theirs. Most do not know that Columbus during his time in the America caused mass genocide on the Natives. The amount of death that Columbus caused has very few comparisons. By doing this other voyagers would eventually do the same to the Natives once they found the land of others as

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