Columbus Day Fun Fact: A Catholic priest named Bartolomé, who transcribed..

[BrushMyCage]

...Columbus’s journals, wrote the following regarding the genocide:


"There were 60,000 people living on this island, including the Indians; so that from 1494 to 1508, over 3,000,000 people had perished from war, slavery, and the mines. Who in future generations will believe this? I myself writing it as a knowledgeable eyewitness can hardly believe it."

[SirTomJones]

Just reminds me of the sopranos.

[RightJab]

Just reminds me of the Sopranos too tbh....

[BrushMyCage]

[Spartacus Sully]

...Columbus’s journals, wrote the following regarding the genocide:


"There were 60,000 people living on this island, including the Indians; so that from 1494 to 1508, over 3,000,000 people had perished from war, slavery, and the mines. Who in future generations will believe this? I myself writing it as a knowledgeable eyewitness can hardly believe it."

can you cite the quote? it seems odd that there were only 60,000 people living on the island yet 3 million people died in a span of 14 years.

[RightJab]

I blame it on the Limey cants myself......



On a semi-serious note.