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Howard Zinn: Is Columbus A Hero Or Villain?
After reading Howard Zinn’s viewpoint on Columbus, the Indians, and the human progress I can now confirm/characterize that Columbus is, as historical figure, not a hero, but somewhere in between being a hero and a villain (being more towards a villain). Throughout the whole reading the reader can notice how Colombus’ mistake of finding a new route to Asia and mistakenly discovering an unknown land to the Europeans caused great pain for the natives who were forced into labor/made into slaves to go find and bring Colombus gold, so he can give it to Spain for them to send more ships to Columbus to get more gold for the country’s wealth, and when they couldn’t find any they would be killed. Colombus’ discovery led to many deaths and the Europeans
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