"They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance... They would make fine servants... With fifty men we could subjugate them and make them do whatever we want."
"Let us in the name of the Holy Trinity go on sending all the slaves that can be sold."
"Let us in the name of the Holy Trinity go on sending all the slaves that can be sold."
-Christopher Columbus,
an Italian who did not discover the Americas.
Happy Columbus Day.
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