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Would you like to be captured and become a slave for some main that came to your land? I doubt that anyone would like for this to happen so could you image the many slaves killed and forced to work for Christopher Columbus. Also, I highly doubt that anyone would like to hop on a ship and go somewhere in Europe that you don’t even know. The natives were good people, and they were a part of the world too. I believe that Christopher Columbus was a villain for coming to the natives land unwanted, he also only wanted to find gold and seize power, and because Columbus in my mind was a hypocrite.
Christopher Columbus was on an expedition to find a new trade route to Asia but came across America and searched for gold. Columbus said that “with fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want” (Columbus Excerpt 3). The slaves that Columbus subjugated suffered under the harsh conditions they were under. Christopher Columbus wanted to claim the land for Spain and make the Native Americans work for him because they knew the area well. In an excerpt by de las casas we find that it …show more content…

He wanted to find gold and seize power for spain and the king. “ He was anxious to please the king that he committed irreparable crimes against the indians” (Excerpt 6). Christopher Columbus didn’t know it was America he thought it was India, so he killed to get his way and find gold. Columbus didn’t want to disappoint the king so he searched for gold. “ Columbus never forgot that his voyage was not one of exploration, but of economics. His financing came from the hope that he would find a lucrative new trade route. He did nothing of the sort: the people he met had little to trade”. (Excerpt 8). Columbus had not found a trade route he found America. But, he was determined to please the king so he brings gold along with some of the slaves to prove of his

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