So I watched three videos concerning Columbus, the first is a Ted Ed video, the second a Knowing Better, the third a Bad Empanada. Ted Ed tells its viewers that Columbus is bad even for his own time by saying he sells children as young as nine as sex slaves. Knowing Better disputes this, saying that the text where he mentions children as sex slaves is when he says he is heartbroken that people are accusing him of it and that he is complaining that the colonists are doing it, not him. Bad Empanada counters this, saying that the full text indicates that he is referring to child sex slaves as an economical reference, as part of the economy going on in the colony, not complaining about it. He also points out Columbus on numerous occasions kidnapped women and give one as gifts to a friend of his who then raped her. From the text, it is clear that Columbus and his colleagues are not taking women and keeping them so they can do house chores, but these could be adult women. But I am unable to find a text to tell that he indeed sell children as sex slaves, he just mentions it in an economical term and in my opinion, is rather neutral about it, not repulsed by it but not confirming that he himself did it (because of course he would, if he did it that is). Since he is the only authority the natives and colonists answer in the New World, he may or not let child sex slave be present in his colony. But what do you think? Is there any other texts that mention child sex slaves or accusation thrown against Columbus?