Columbus Day, a holiday to honor America or enslavement?
Date Submitted: 05/06/2002 21:12:55
Category: / History / North American History
Length: 3 pages (692 words)
Category: / History / North American History
Length: 3 pages (692 words)
Was Columbus our founder of this great land a hero or a murderer? In January we celebrate Martin Luther King Day is to recognize and show our appreciation to him, his social ideas, and his fight for equal rights. On the other hand we observe Columbus Day as a holiday. What did he do to have a holiday under his name? Well look at some facts. Christopher Columbus set sail out from the Spanish port …
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…m slaves. They were forced to serve households, and sometimes be abused by there masters.
After reading this and learning about all these facts would you still respect Columbus as a hero? I really do not know any heroes who enslave and ill people. Therefore I chose not to celebrate Columbus Day even if he is known as the founder of America. By celebrating Columbus Day it would be like celebrating genocide of Native Americans.
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