Columbus 3
Date Submitted: 05/27/2003 01:59:50
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 2 pages (449 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 2 pages (449 words)
Essay on Christopher Columbus
Columbus as a man had many positive contributions as well as negative.
People all over the world celebrate Columbus Day, because of his
achievements, and success in finding the "New World". Although, many people
revel in his glory, their are facts that infer that Columbus wasn't as
admirable as people think of him. In 1892, Columbus was a hero, virtually
everyone praised him. On the contrary in 1992, revisionists who are delving
into …
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…of the people, and the spreading of disease, which led to the
demise of approximately 75% of the Native American population. Columbus had
benevolent contributions, but the persecution of Native Americans does and
should not condone him from his faults.
Native Americans were doomed by European arrogance, brutality, and
infectious diseases. Columbus' gift was slavery to those who greeted him.
Columbus' arrival to the New World, set in motion a destruction of the
world he entered.
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