FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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because Columbus treated the Taínos badly and killed many of them
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because the history textbooks say the ending is an unhappy one
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because most students do not care to learn about the story of the Taínos
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because Columbus and the Taínos lived hundreds of years ago
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Detailed explanation-1: -Columbus and his crew searched and searched for gold to no avail, so they filled their ships with something else they could sell: people. Of the 500 Taíno they took-selected because they were the strongest and healthiest specimens-200 died on the voyage to Spain. Many more died once they had been sold into slavery.
Detailed explanation-2: -When Christopher Columbus arrived on the Bahamian Island of Guanahani (San Salvador) in 1492, he encountered the Taíno people, whom he described in letters as “naked as the day they were born.” The Taíno had complex hierarchical religious, political, and social systems.
Detailed explanation-3: -Within twenty-five years of Columbus’ arrival in Haiti, most of the Taíno had died from enslavement, massacre, or disease. By 1514, only 32, 000 Taíno survived in Hispaniola.
Detailed explanation-4: -When Columbus first encountered the Tainos, how did he react? He concluded that they were simplistic innocents who could be Christianized.