The horrific brand and practice of slavery brought to the Americas by the Columbus family led Antonio de Montesinos to deny confession from his son and other slave owners. The *ssholes were polarizing in their day as well.
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"Tell me by what right of justice do you hold these Indians in such a cruel and horrible servitude? On what authority have you waged such detestable wars against these people who dwelt quietly and peacefully on their own lands? ...
... Wars in which you have destroyed such an infinite number of them by homicides and slaughters never heard of before. ...
... Why do you keep them so oppressed and exhausted, without giving them enough to eat or curing them of the sicknesses they incur from the excessive labor you give them, and they die, or rather you kill them, in order to extract and acquire gold every day."-Antonio de Montesinos
In 1511, people realized we can do better and were opposed by Diego Columbus and others simply for arguing that others were humans deserving of respect.If your question about #IndigenousPeoplesDay is "what have they achieved," perhaps it's time for you to seriously research that?
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