when exactly did he start getting demonized?
When?
Ethan Lopez
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Landon Walker
1499
Jonathan Young
Like, as soon as Queen Isabella heard he was enslaving people
He was a cunt and so was his son
Connor Reyes
I seriously doubt that was a real concern
Leo Perry
It was. Isabella pardoned all his slaves IIRC
Zachary Nguyen
Leo Sullivan
One of the worst people to ever live.
It's not difficult to get why people despise him and his legacy.
Michael Lee
I seriously hope you're not a Columbus apologist OP. This is a man who lived during the Spanish Inquisition and was arrested for excessive cruelty.
Oliver Gonzalez
Literally worse than Cortez. Cortez annihilated a lot of people for cash but he made friends with a lot of people on the way (including a mistress) and the people who they fought were psychos. Columbus found a bunch of jungle people minding their own business and decided that they all deserved to be brutalized and enslaved. He was basically a broke ass Tamerlane.
Henry Martin
Back in the day wasn't conquering and brutally exploiting anybody who couldn't stop you just standard practice though? It's bad of course, but especially bad compared to what other historical figures did?