To What Extent Was Christopher Columbus A Hero Or A Villain

It’s is impossible to deny, that throughout history, there have been many arguments claiming Columbus to be a hero. Document 6, an excerpt of John Barlow’s, The Vision Of Columbus, called him, “This extraordinary man, who… appears to have united his character in every trait, and to have possessed every talent…”, and Document 11, the last

Columbus should be remembered as a negative person because he use slaves for sex labar and killed many Native America. Although Columbus did some negative thing he also bid some positive thing like lead to exchange or idea and religion. He is know as negative man because he murder and use slaves for sex labor also other awful thing.

Beyond the fact that Columbus was not the first person to discover the Americas, he was the man that brought about European civilization to America and their fascination with conquering a new world. His wrong doings, which include, letting his crew rape, pillage and plunder the Bahamas, should not outweigh the good that coming to America brought for us as Americans who, without European influence may not have progressed quite as far or in the circumstances we did. As with the Colombian exchange that was brought about by Columbus’ venture to the Americas it is a box of good and evil. With the disease and captured indigenous people, the Columbian Exchange brought a trade of new plants and animals and ideas to further

Christopher Columbus is the all too famous explorer who is credited with accidentally finding the New World. Children have been taught throughout their lives that he is someone to look up to. Columbus’ heroism could easily be turned to villainy because he sold natives into slavery, murdered and brought disease to innocent people, and pushed them out and took their land.

First, Christopher Columbus made the Native Americans the slaves of the European people. In the text it states, “In the year 1495, they went on a great slave raid, rounded up fifteen hundred Arawak men, women, and children, put them in pens guarded by Spaniards and dogs” (Zinn 2). This goes to show that the Spaniards and Columbus rounded up slaves for their own good use and for pleasure. This also shows that he is cruel and really mean. This man was really bad. The text explains, “They would make fine servants…. With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want” (Zinn 1). Enslaving the Native Americans appears to be his intentions since day one. This shows that Columbus only wants the glory and every good thing to himself.

Larry Schweikart argues that Christopher Columbus was responsible for the killings of millions of Native Americans. Columbus is most known as the first person to come to the New World. The history books try to glorify his expedition, but there is solid evidence that he was responsible for enslaving, torturing, and occasionally killing the Natives he encountered in the New World.

Many of them died on the way to Spain because they were kept in horrible conditions and many more died once they reached Spain. A hero is someone who is supposed to be noble and caring. This injustice to the Native Americans prove that Columbus was not a

Christopher Columbus was a negative influence on the Americas. He helped spread disease, participated in slave trade, and forced the native americans to convert to christianity. These are just a few of the horrible things he did.

Columbus 'accidently' discovered the New World, although, there were several who came before him. His discovery ultimately resulted in life as we know it today. However, in my opinion, he was not a hero, but a villain who removed the Natives from their home and infected them with diseases of which they had no immunity against. Although Columbus' voyage to the Americas eventually paved the way for the establishment of the New World, it came with a price. Unfortunately, the Natives were the victims of it all.

In this essay, I believe that Christopher is not a hero but a villain. He thought that the Taino’s would be good slaves. Columbus murdered millions. The Spanish thought that they were doing them a favor by doing what they did. Columbus also brought over diseases to the new world.

Christopher Columbus was first thought to be a great hero for discovering the new world. But the Native Americans that resided there had occupied the land for years. Was he really a hero? Though he might have located the Americas what he did while he was there was cruel and unacceptable. Arguing that his actions were in line with the Christian faith, Columbus turned a blind eye to the thousands of afflicted Tainos, Lucayan, and Arawak. A cruel man and unfair ruler he treated the natives and inferior with unreasonable punishments. Only those who ignore all the facts and the conduct of Columbus while he was in the Americas could claim that he was a hero.

First of all, Columbus used violence. He lacked respect for the indigenous people he encountered. He also forced the so called “Indians,” to be Christians. The third thing Christopher Columbus did, was spread diseases from one place, to another, from his different interactions.

He worked the people too hard, he destroyed the vegetation and the land. Columbus committed genocide, (Felipe Fernandez-Armesto) Volume: 42 “In the opinion of one soi-disant Native American spokesman, 'he makes Hitler look like a juvenile delinquent'.” and he also states that “This sort of hype is doubly unhelpful: demonstrably false, it makes the horrors of the holocaust seem precedented and gives comfort to Nazi apologists making 'genocide' an unshocking commonplace.” (Felipe .F. A.). Christopher Columbus was told by the monarch that he needed to try to “win them by love.”.(Felipe .F. A.). Even Though Columbus tried not to do harm, every move he made cause more and more harm to the natives. In the end the monarch’s had to bring Columbus back to punish him for the wrong that he has done, and he wasted the last few years of his life in anger and misery, and dies still believing that the new world he had discovered was

The argument regarding whether Christopher Columbus was a hero or villain is quite complex. There is no clear cut answer to the question, the answer is that it’s complicated. Columbus did some awful things, but also did some great things. Most people who don’t know his background think that he is a hero because he “found” America. In order to get an accurate understanding of Columbus, you can’t just scratch the surface, you have to look much deeper than that.

Some people think of Columbus as a hero others think of him as a reckless adventurer.I think Columbus was a reckless adventurer and should not be honored or celebrated.For example,Columbus and his men mistreated the natives and brought diseases such as the measles,small poxss,and chorela."As a result of their mistreatment and the diseases brought by the settlers,the population of natives rapidly declinedin 20 years,from 3 milllions to as few as 11,000" (p.3;paragraph 10;sentence 7).According to the reading the Tainos were ordered to collect a certain amount of gold per month or they would have to get their hand cut off.The text states this because the population of the natives decreased as a result of diseases and mistreatment.What the author