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no, he was terrible. i have no clue why he even has a statue, and books written about him in a positive light

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Genesis Hill- I think it depends on who's perspective you look at it from. To the Europeans he seems like a hero because he discovered "new" land. To the natives, he's a villain because he took their home and made them into slaves.

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Myiah Roseman- Personally I feel as If, Christopher Columbus wasnt a great hero. He took credit of "discovering the Americas",  In all reality, he forced the natives into slaved labor. When to Spain, took other spainards and that resulted into more than 90 percent of there population was wiped out due to dieases that they couldn't fight off. Also, He was an womanizer.

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Kamryn Harrison - I wouldn’t call Columbus a great hero because he took land from the natives and enslaved them and gave them diseases he also then claimed the land as if he “ founded “ it himself instead of giving natives their shine for their land

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noam bair: Columbus was a villain and hero. He did discover america by accident but he also enslaved native Americans and brought many diseases leading to mass genocide to the native americans

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Jada Tomlinson: I think Columbus was a villan because he took the Native American's land forcefully and spread disease. Not only that, but he took credit for being the first person to discover America and enslaved many Natives.

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Sana Grady: He's a villain, because he is racist and a colonizer <3

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Danna Cervera: I wouldn't say he was a hero. He did discover new land but he also did evil things to the natives like forcing them to leave as well as slaving them.

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Nedim Numanovic: Columbus may have discovered America; however, in the process ended up forcefully taking the Native's land and killing millions of them from European diseases. That being said, I consider him a villain because of that fact.

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Erin Harrison-Sobakin: I don't think Columbus went out looking to be the bad guy and killing everybody on their own land, but at the end of the day that is what he surely did. Not only did he do that, but he also played a large role in wiping out the existence of indigenous people from history by claiming he found "new land" and using the word discovered like there wasn't anybody already living there and educating him on how to work and survive on their land.

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Colby McFarland- I feel that Columbus was both because from a European perspective he is a hero that found a land and riches. on the other hand Columbus is a villain in the native's eyes because to obtain that land and riches he had to slaughter the native people. However i feel that he is more of a villain.

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Sabina Husic I feel like Columbus was a villain if he never found the new world there would have never been a trail of tears and the native Americans would have had to never leave there land

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Cameron Wilkes, I think columbus was a villian because he forcefully took land from the Indians while killing them. Not only that but he claimed it as his own. Although the columbus exchange was good, the way it occured wasnt.

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Nyssa Georges: Columbus was a villain because he invaded and stole land from the natives while forcing his religion on them and killing them with weapons and diseases.

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Cameron Sistrunk- I think Columbus was a villain in my opinion. He stole land from the Native Americans ,brought over diseases and  slaughtered the Natives resulting in the wiping out of almost all of the Native population.

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Gamari Milton, I believe Columbus was a villain he came into a foreign land and did not have any intent of making allies he just took what he wanted and killed who he wanted

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Nevaeh Henderson, I believe Columbus was a villain because of the horrible things he did to the natives, such as lying stealing and overall just disrespecting them and their culture for his own personal gain.

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Alexis Kudilil, I think Columbus was more of a villain, because he stole land from the natives, and kicked them out, when the natives had originally founded the land.

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Doris Onyeanula: Columbus was ultimately a villain because he took ownership over land that did not belong to him and sparked a chain which eventually secluding the Native Americans in their own land. Not to mention the widespread of disease which killed many native people.

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Chenti Majeed: I dont think Columbus was a hero because he took land, claiming he found it ..

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Maria Sanchez, i feel like he was good and bad because of the Columbus  exchange but he also took away other people’s land

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Alejandro Medina: Columbus was a huge villian due to the genocide that ensued following his discovery of their land. This genocide goes down in history as one of the most inhumane slaughters and is honestly comparable to the holocaust.

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Cristopher Ortiz- I say he’s a villain because he took land from the Indians and treated them in a wrong way. But he did start a new beginning, but I wouldn’t call him a hero for that.

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Jania Thomas: Honestly, I don't think Columbus was much of a hero. Firstly, he had the audacity to come to America and stole the land that the Native Americans had been living on for quite a bit of time before he got there. Secondly, He brought illnesses that the Native Americans did not have the resources nor the immune systems to fight off those illnesses. In conclusion, there is no way that he could be a hero, even if him arriving in America created a way for us to be here today.

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Asia Demmer: I feel like he wasn't a hero because he lied on his partner and wasn't the first person to discover the land. He also killed lots of native Americans through violence and disease meanwhile stealing from them on top of that

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Kaitlyn Williams: I feel that Columbus was a villain because he decided to go on someone else's land and take over, give them diseases, etc.

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DaMya Glover
I believe that Columbus is a villian because of how he took away land from others and resources and claimed it as his own.

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JaKaylen Smalls, I feel like on one hand he was a hero because him 'finding' the land contributed to how we all got here today, and all that we know. History makes the future. But as we all know he is a big villain. The fact that he would take land from those who would work so hard to put so much in the land is cruel.

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Alusine Jalloh, I feel like columbus was both because he did take away the land from the indians and he kinda slaughtered them and gave them a virus.... actually hes a very bad villan

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