Columbus

Columbus, the man who discovered the new world. Some think of him as a brilliant explorer, the man who laid the path for who we are today. But his path is covered in blood, in order to celebrate his legacy is to celebrate a ruthless trail of greed, cruelty, slavery and genocide. One of which have rarely been seen even today. Columbus mistreated the native people, destroyed the land and introduced slavery to the world …

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