"All of the information in this essay came from A People's History of the United States, by Howard Zinn, and Lies My Teacher Told Me, by James W. Lowewen, both of which uses primary sources such eyewitness accounts, journal entries, and letters from Christopher Columbus himself. "


I just wanted to add that, because I think everyone should read those two books.

to read the rest, me coming from that "new world" ...we are piss off every time we hear about columbo, at school they really teach the kids exactly what he is about....here in the US he is glorified ???

.. that they began to import slaves from Africa before the century was out.

Columbus was a job creator.