In the textbooks they say Christopher Columbus was a good man who tried to make the natives his friends, but really he just wanted them as slaves for money.
In addition, he disobeyed the Queen and brought 1,600 natives with him as slaves even against her orders.
When Columbus returned from his voyage he lied and said that he, instead of one of his crew members, found the island first. He got the money instead of the person who was truly responsible for discovering America.
Columbus also forced natives above the age of 14 to find and deliver gold every three months. If they found gold they got a copper badge. Any native found without a badge got their hands cut off.
When Columbus returned from his voyage, he received all sorts of rewards that he did not deserve and he was called a hero for finding land that he did not find alone.
Columbus did many horrible things and these are just a few.
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