Truth About Columbus

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The Lies

Discovered America

People thought that the earth was fatbeore he proved it wasnt

He was the !rst to cross the Atlantic "cean

His trip was ull o obstacles

He was the smartest guy on the voyage


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The Truth

#ant discover what is already inhabited$$$

Native Americans and astronomy

%veryone already &new the world to be round 'wo Natives tried to sail rom #anada to

(candinavia

'hey shipwrec&ed in Holland around )* B#

(ea was so calm that sailors could tal& rom oneship to another

'he Pin+on brothers


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The Greed

He wanted to help his investors get rich

He wanted gold

Noticed gold on the Arawa&, made themprisoners, and insisted they guide him tothe gold

-. gathered rom them by signs that bygoing southward or steering round theisland in that direction, there would beound a &ing who possessed great cups ullo gold/


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-. could con0uer the whole o them with !ty men andgovern them as . pleased/


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Second Voyage

His 1ndvoyage was to Haiti

Demanded ood, gold, and spun cotton

2hatever they had, the (paniards wanted,including women

#olumbus wanted control over the natives

#ut o3 hands as a warning to others


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The Takeover

'he Arawa& began to resist ater the(paniards started to try and ta&eover theirpeople

'hey were outmatched by weaponry

'he Arawa& resistance gave #olumbus ane4cuse to ma&e war

Had dogs trained to attac&, tore the Arawa&apart


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'he soldiers mowed down do+ens with point5blan& volleys, loosed the dogs to rip open limbsand bellies, chased feeing .ndians into thebushto s&ewer them on sword and pi&e, and-with 6ods aid soon gained a complete victory,&illing many .ndians and capturing others whowere also &illed

7erdinand #olumbus


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Slavery

8ounded up !teen hundred Arawa&s ater the deeat

Pic&ed !ve hundred o the best -specimens/ to sendbac& to (pain

Another !ve hundred were chosen to stay in Haiti asslaves #olumbus released the rest

(o scared o being recaptured, women let inants onthe ground in order to fee to the mountains

'he .ndian slave trade leads to the Arican slave trade

9* million Aricans were shipped as slaves across theAtlantic


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A boat could sail rom the Bahamas to Haiti withoutcompass or chart, guiding itsel solely by the trailo dead .ndians who had been thrown rom theships

:as #asas


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Genocide

#olonist o Haiti made .ndians mine gold or them,raise (panish ood crops, and even carry themeverywhere they went

Not being able to ta&e the hard labor and treatment,.ndians began to commit suicide

"n occasion, hundreds committed mass suicide

2omen began to shun conception and childbirth

;any pregnant women would abort their unborn

"thers would &ill their inants, so they would nothave to endure the oppressive slavery


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Genocide

Beore #olumbus, more than three millionpeople lived on Haiti

'wenty !ve years ater he arrived, onlytwelve thousand remained

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Columbus Day

(hould this man be honored on the samelevel as Dr ;artin :uther >ing Jr orAbraham :incoln?

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