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“You ordered your men to spread “terror” among the Taínos when there was rumor of resistance. “

(pg 4)

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"It was life in a system that valued private property (especially gold), and approved of violence against non-Christians... and kill" (8).

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"On your second voyage to the Indies,
you ordered your men to round up Taínos and had over 500 shipped to Spain as
slaves"

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"Any European
conqueror would have been every bit
as bad as Columbus. Why? Because the
system of empire was to blame, not any
particular individual."

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"When Columbus returned after his
first voyage with several Indian captives,
and you rewarded him, you became guilty
of kidnapping." page 3

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“There is no evidence that Columbus personally captured slaves or killed anyone with his own hands. You are the ones responsible for the enslavement of first hundreds, then thousands, of Taíno Indians.” (Page 5).

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"you did the dirty work. you raped women. you set dogs on infants.

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“You did the dirty work. You raped women. You set dogs on infants. You cut the hands off Taínos who didn’t deliver enough gold.”
(pg 5)

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"Your first act in the lands you 'discovered' was to take possession of another people's territory in the name of an empire thousands of miles away"-pg 4

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" you ordered your men to round up Tainos" page 4

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“From the very beginning you must have known what Columbus meant to do. He took Taíno captives from other islands and held them against their will.”

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You ordered your men to spread
“terror” among the Taínos when there
was rumor of resistance. (page 4)

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“You hired him to “discover” and claim new lands. Thus you are guilty of conspiracy to steal the territory of people you didn’t even know, who had never bothered or harmed you.” (Page 6)

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“True, Columbus’ men did the killing, Columbus gave the orders and King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella paid the bills—and took the profits.”

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“You did the dirty work. You raped women. You set dogs on infants. You cut the hands off Taínos who didn’t deliver enough gold. You whipped Taínos if they didn’t work hard enough in the mines.”

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"you told your men to help themselves to the remaining Taino captives, which they did. This act alone killed several hundred Taino"

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"Had you wanted the cruelty to stop, you could have ordered all your subjects home. But then you wouldn’t have gotten any more gold. And that was what you wanted, right?" -pg 6

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“You hired him to “discover” and claim new lands. Thus you are guilty of conspiracy to steal the territory of people you didn’t even know, who had never bothered or harmed you.”

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"You ordered your men to spread "terror" among the Tainos when there was rumor of resistance"(4).

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"really you didn't care what columbus did , so long as you got rich. At times you would order that the Tainos should be treated humanely.

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“Why didn’t Caonabó and the Taínos kill all the Spaniards—including Columbus—before they had a chance to return to Spain? Imagine the different outcome had the Taínos been smart enough to stop Columbus before he could launch the invasion.”

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You did the dirty work. You raped
women. You set dogs on infants. You cut
the hands off Taínos who didn’t deliver
enough gold. You whipped Taínos if they
didn’t work hard enough in the mines

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“You could have ordered Columbus to stop kidnapping Indians. You could have punished him for this illegal act. By not doing anything to stop Columbus and his men, you legalized every crime they committed.”

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“In order to get more wealth, Columbus and his men took Taínos as slaves, terrorized them into searching out gold and forced them to work on their farms and in their mines."

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"Had Taínos worked together
they might have beaten the Spaniards even
after Columbus returned. After all, the
Spaniards numbered fewer than 2,000;
Taínos numbered in the hundreds of thousands, possibly as many as three million" page 4

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“You, as the representatives of this system, are guilty for the genocide committed against Taínos.”

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"You hired him to “discover” and claim
new lands."

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“You, as the representatives of this system, are guilty for the genocide committed against Taínos.”

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"You did the dirty work......You cut
the hands off Taínos who didn’t deliver enough gold. You whipped Taínos if they didn’t work hard enough in the mines."

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Tainos | “You failed to fight back against the Spaniards. This meant that you brought the fate of slavery and death upon yourselves.”

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You could have or Columbus to stop kidnapping Indians. You could have punished him for this illegal act. By not doing anything to stop Columbus and his men, you legalized every crime they committed

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"... and you rewarded him, you became guilty of kidnapping. You could have punished him for this illegal act. By not not doing anything to stop Columbus and his men, you legalized every crime they committed"(6).

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"When Columbus returned after his first voyage with several Indian captives, and you rewarded him, you became guilty of kidnapping." (page 3)

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You ordered your men to spread
“terror” among the Taínos when there
was rumor of resistance.

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You ordered your men to spread
“terror” among the Taínos when there
was rumor of resistance.

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“There is no evidence that Columbus personally captured slaves or killed anyone with his own hands. You are the ones responsible for the enslavement of first hundreds, then thousands, of Taíno Indians.”

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“There is no evidence that Columbus personally captured slaves or killed anyone with his own hands. You are the ones responsible for the enslavement of first hundreds, then thousands, of Taíno Indians.” 

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"He took Taíno captives from other islands and held them against their will. He claimed your land as his own. He was interested only in finding gold."
(page 4)