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Exploration & Migration
35 Facts About the Age of Exploration That Schools Sanitize Completely
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Columbus intentionally ordered his men to kidnap indigenous women for rape.
A historical portrait often attributed to Christopher Columbus.
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History books frame Columbus as a peaceful explorer, but his private letters confirm he sanctioned the sexual enslavement of native women. He explicitly rewarded his men with women as young as nine or ten.
"A hundred castellanos are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm."
This systematic abuse was a foundational tool of terror used to maintain control over the newly 'discovered' Caribbean islands.
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