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TopicL.A. Votes to Replace Columbus Day With Indigenous Peoples Day
chill02
08/31/17 12:00:45 AM
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Callixtus posted...
chill02 posted...
"there were 60,000 people living on this island, including the Indians; so that from 1494 to 1508, over three million people had perished from war, slavery, and the mines. Who in future generations will believe this? I myself writing it as a knowledgeable eyewitness can hardly believe it...."

Notice that de las Casas didn't mention disease, which was almost certainly the major factor behind the deaths of those Native Americans.


well, he wasn't a doctor
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