There is a lot of talk about Columbus day, and how it should be changed because he was a horrible man. I have heard a lot of claims, but have never been able to find some good trustworthy sources on the subject. So did Columbus actually do so many bad things or is it modern overexageration? And could you also maybe point me in the directions on some sources?
It is not modern over-exaggeration, his peers also thought he was a terrible person.
See answers from /u/snapshot52, /u/400-rabbits, /u/anthropology_nerd etc. in the thread I see a lot of accusations of "genocide" of Christopher Columbus. Is there anything to this or is this just hyperbole for accidentally introducing disease to the indigenous people?...