Christopher Columbus Opinion Essay
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Mr. Teacher Man
World History
December 2, 2013
Christopher Columbus Opinion Essay My opinion of Christopher Columbus is that he should not be celebrated. Columbus was a man of many faults, which need to be acknowledged. He was a man, not a god, who made mistakes, but never truly learned from them. Here are a few of his major mistakes. One of his known faults was being involved in the slave trade. On his original voyage Columbus and his men arrived in the Caribbean where they seized six “Indians” to send back to Ferdinand and Isabella as slaves. The men used brute force to work on their plantations or mines until the natives died of strain. They also sent thousands back to Spain to be slaves for the wealthy, most of which died on the way over from Spain. Over all this may have been Columbus’ worst mistake. Another fault of his was the raping of native women. While in the Americas Christopher allowed, no, encouraged the raping of women. Most of his crew liked using 9-10 year olds the best. Columbus even wrote about this in his diary. “A hundred castellanoes are easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls; those from nine to ten are now in demand.” He said that he was a Christian, but I think not, for what Christian encourages and does something like that. A third fault of Columbus was just his plain treatment of the native people. Like when a native committed a minor crime, like running late for his plantation work, he would have his ears, nose, and even his hands cut off and strung around his neck as a warning to his people. He and his crew killed the infants of the natives for dog food if they were running low. They raped native women, enslaved all natives, and even beat the children for no reason. What kind of men do that, well now we know that Columbus and his crew were those kinds of men. After all you've read do you agree with me
Mr. Teacher Man
World History
December 2, 2013
Christopher Columbus Opinion Essay My opinion of Christopher Columbus is that he should not be celebrated. Columbus was a man of many faults, which need to be acknowledged. He was a man, not a god, who made mistakes, but never truly learned from them. Here are a few of his major mistakes. One of his known faults was being involved in the slave trade. On his original voyage Columbus and his men arrived in the Caribbean where they seized six “Indians” to send back to Ferdinand and Isabella as slaves. The men used brute force to work on their plantations or mines until the natives died of strain. They also sent thousands back to Spain to be slaves for the wealthy, most of which died on the way over from Spain. Over all this may have been Columbus’ worst mistake. Another fault of his was the raping of native women. While in the Americas Christopher allowed, no, encouraged the raping of women. Most of his crew liked using 9-10 year olds the best. Columbus even wrote about this in his diary. “A hundred castellanoes are easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls; those from nine to ten are now in demand.” He said that he was a Christian, but I think not, for what Christian encourages and does something like that. A third fault of Columbus was just his plain treatment of the native people. Like when a native committed a minor crime, like running late for his plantation work, he would have his ears, nose, and even his hands cut off and strung around his neck as a warning to his people. He and his crew killed the infants of the natives for dog food if they were running low. They raped native women, enslaved all natives, and even beat the children for no reason. What kind of men do that, well now we know that Columbus and his crew were those kinds of men. After all you've read do you agree with me