It is stated that Columbus treated the Natives Americans harshly. He demanded gold, food and sexual intercourse for his men. He started a slave-trade with American Indians causing them to become extinct. Columbus took a bunch of men, women, and children back to Europe and paraded them like animals. Most of the people died on the voyages back. On the other hand, we have the diseases that Columbus brought. His country brought livestock which came upon humans. Research analyst for The Huffington Post, Travis Korte, explains that syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease, “was brought to Europe on the Niña, the only one of three ships to survive Columbus ' first voyage to the West Indies,” (1). The diseases and slavery Columbus brought to the Americas, destroyed the population of the Native
It is stated that Columbus treated the Natives Americans harshly. He demanded gold, food and sexual intercourse for his men. He started a slave-trade with American Indians causing them to become extinct. Columbus took a bunch of men, women, and children back to Europe and paraded them like animals. Most of the people died on the voyages back. On the other hand, we have the diseases that Columbus brought. His country brought livestock which came upon humans. Research analyst for The Huffington Post, Travis Korte, explains that syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease, “was brought to Europe on the Niña, the only one of three ships to survive Columbus ' first voyage to the West Indies,” (1). The diseases and slavery Columbus brought to the Americas, destroyed the population of the Native