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Christopher Columbus: America's Most Celebrated Murderers
Nick Cordero
Mr. Jones
US History 1CP
21 September, 2010

Christopher Columbus is one of America’s most celebrated murderers, cheaters, and thieves. Responsible for thousands of Native American lives, Columbus forcibly took control over the Americas with the army of Spain on his side. Yet this man is still renowned for his actions and rewarded with an annual nation-wide holiday. Christopher Columbus was merely a power hungry, genocidal maniac and should be viewed as such. Columbus can be looked down upon for multiple reasons. He was welcomed to the land he “discovered” with open arms from the Natives. He managed to repay them for their hospitality by having his men rape, torture, and kill them on his command. The surviving Natives were
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