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@BrandonLBradfor ("Brandon Bradford") wrote:
Columbus was investigated for atrocities by a Spanish court official, Francisco de Bobadilla, who had Columbus arrested and shipped back to Spain chains. The Crown then stripped him of his governorship. His cruelty in the time he lived was considered a nightmare
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@HotlineJosh ("Josh Kraushaar") wrote:
“Holding historical figures to modern standards of morality is a method of antihistorical political control—much like the pseudohistory I grew up being taught in the Soviet Union.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/columbus-achievements-history-explorers-objectivity-day-11633896366