Rethinking Our History

Episode 46 Christopher Columbus Part 2:

Felicia and Ian Lindsey Season 1 Episode 46

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Ugh, this guy. So glad this is the last I'm gonna have to talk about this douche canoe. 

Colombo was not the hero he has been made out to be. No, he is not known to be a kind man by historians, cutting off hands for missed taxes, " giving" native women to his friends to do with what they wanted, and forcing native people into dark dank mines to extract the resources deep under ground. 

His arrival opened the door for all matter of men with cruel, greedy intentions to sail across the sea in search of fortune, with absolutely no regard for the lives of those who already inhabited the land. 

And so next year when " Columbus Day rolls around, learn about the local native community in your area and get involved with their community. It is the least we can do after being given the gift of birth on their land by the Creator.

ROH EP 46 Source Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus