Christopher Columbus Genocide

Jan 03 2019 by françois musseau our correspondant in madrid in the united states statues of the genoese sailor have been torn down and columbus day renamed.

Christopher columbus genocide. Senator ted cruz has defended christopher columbus and sparked a twitter debate about his legacy after he took issue with claims by another lawmaker that the explorer had started a genocide. The second monday of october is columbus day celebrated as a federal holiday in the u s. This day marks the anniversary of christopher columbus s 1492 landing in the americas his discovery of the new world for the benefit of the spanish monarchy. The somber chronicle of the events that ended in the genocide of the peaceful arawaks of the caribbean islands is amply documented in columbus own letters and journals and in the pages of his most ardent admirer father bartolomé de las casas the great contemporary historian of the west indies who believed columbus had been divinely inspired to make the discovery.

Christopher columbus is now considered responsible for the extermination of the amerindians. Facing extermination the arawaks organized and attempted to fight back against the spaniards. Did christopher columbus commit genocide.