Some quotes from Columbus - Columbus to Ferdinand Isabella - YOUR HIGHNESSES, as Catholic Christians and Princes who love the holy Christian faith, and the propagation of it, and who are enemies to the sect of Mahoma [Islam] and to all idolatries and heresies, resolved to send me, Cristóbal Colon, to the said parts of India to see the said princes ... with a view that they might be converted to our holy faith .... Thus, after having turned out all the Jews from all your kingdoms and lordships ... your Highnesses gave orders to me that with a sufficient fleet I should go to the said parts of India .... I shall forget sleep, and shall work at the business of navigation, so that the service is performed. Columbus to Luis de Santangel (a patron who helped fund the first voyage) they are artless and generous with what they have, to such a degree as no one would believe but him who had seen it. Of anything they have, if it be asked for, they never say no, but do rather invite the person to accept it, and show as much lovingness as though they would give their hearts. Further goes on to say their Highnesses may see that I shall give them as much gold as they need .... and slaves as many as they shall order to be shipped. Following Americas discovery the Pope Pope Alexander VI issued a May 4, 1493, papal bull granting official ownership of the New World to Ferdinand and Isabella. Based on this declaration the Spanish conquerors gave the natives 2 options - accept the Church as the Ruler and Superior of the whole world OR face persecution - In their words- We shall take you and your wives and your children, and shall make slaves of them, and as such shall sell and dispose of them as their Highnesses may command; and we shall take away your goods, and shall do all the harm and damage that we can. Do we really need a Columbus day in US? Do we really need to celebrate the enslavement and massacre of the most generous indigenous people of this land?
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 16:21:55 +0000
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