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2023-11-27 02:08:18 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 249F824553EDA121E17375A13FBFFC47A6BDB5FF2EA19EF24F1E29E84224A4E7
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Knowles claims that Columbus did not perpetuate any crimes against indigenous Americans. This is false. Columbus was well known at the time for his cruel enslavement and torture of the Arawak and Taino people. https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/columbus-enslaves-the-arawak-and-commits-genocide/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2006/aug/07/books.spain https://www.vox.com/2014/10/13/6957875/christopher-columbus-murderer-tyrant-scoundrel https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/12/us/christopher-columbus-slavery-disease-trnd/index.html https://sites.uab.edu/humanrights/tag/christopher-columbus/#:~:text=He%20tortured%20innocent%20Native%20Americans,villages%20for%20the%20precious%20mineral.
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