Columbus Trial

I found Christopher Columbus innocent of genocide. I came to this conclusion because the testimony from Columbus said he did not kill. He admitted that his crew did, but he himself didn’t. So, I ask myself, how could he have wiped out an entire cultural group? No, because they are still here today, a few. I don’t think the prosecution hit genocide as much as it needed to be touched upon. I found …

…science was slow, meaning no one knew all that much about it, so the knowledge of STDs must have been little. I found Columbus innocent of theft. The land he took gold from did not belong to anyone, so it’s not stealing. I found Columbus innocent of crimes against humanity. Columbus was a benefit to many people, such as the Jews. Columbus was undoubtedly a religious man and didn’t commit crimes against humanity.