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minus-squareLeninsRage [he/him]hexbear20·2 years agoPretty sure Columbus was personally so brutal he actually offended his contemporaries, and they wrote about this. link
minus-square420blazeit69 [he/him]hexbear8·2 years agoI belive he was imprisoned for a bit after returning from one of his voyages (maybe even the first?) for exactly this reason. Really blows the top off "that's how everyone was back then" bullshit, like reading about abolitionist contemporaries of the U.S. founders. link
Pretty sure Columbus was personally so brutal he actually offended his contemporaries, and they wrote about this.
I belive he was imprisoned for a bit after returning from one of his voyages (maybe even the first?) for exactly this reason.
Really blows the top off "that's how everyone was back then" bullshit, like reading about abolitionist contemporaries of the U.S. founders.