World History per. 3
The legacy of Columbus is so controversial, because even though he found the New World, and became very famous for doing so, not many people like him for what he did when he got to the New World. When he got to the New World he forced the natives in to slavery, forced the Christian religion on them, he and his men raped the natives, took their gold, killed many of them, but not just by blade or gun, but by disease and sickness as well. Columbus also sent many of the natives from the New World back to Spain, but on the trip to Spain many of them died from sickness, and other casualties. But for the natives that survived the long harsh voyage to Spain were sold into slavery for life. So even though Christopher Columbus was a great sailor that found the New World, doesn't mean that he was a good person, and that is why the legacy of Columbus is so controversial.
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