Christopher Columbus: Can History Books Be Trusted?

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Can history books be trusted? Many textbooks just skim the surface or contain author bias.Relying on one source of information can be risky.The story of Christopher Columbus is just specific example. A reason why is because of violence and slavery.Columbus and his crew were starting to enslave many native inhabitants of the West Indies.Also on his first voyage in 1492 he ordered 6 of the natives to be seized.He thought they would make good servants.In the new world Columbus sent thousands of Taino indians to Spain to be sold as slaves.Many died and those who survived were forced to work in the mine caves and dig for gold. Another reason is he made people switch religons.It had a long term on the natives.It was really hard because these

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