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Briana Escobar
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Columbus Day Essay

Christopher Columbus was a explorer and navigator that sailed to the new world for Spain. In America there is a holiday that celebrates this journey. America shouldn’t celebrate Columbus Day because he destroyed all natives generation and he brought slavery and cruelty . Columbus also unleashed
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