Imagine being too brutal for the Spanish Empire, of all things
by crazyeddie1123
Imagine being too brutal for the Spanish Empire, of all things
by crazyeddie1123
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Wait until you hear about Pizarro.
His solution was for the colonists to identify which of the indigenous Caribbeans were cannibals (Caribs) and which were not (Arawaks). Caribs were enslaved, while Arawaks were forced into paid slavery. Certain villages were identified as Carib or Arawak based on whichever classification benefited the colonial economy.
Spoiler: there is no archeological evidence that the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean practiced cannibalism.
And then revisionist conservatives paint him as a hero, simply man of his time
When the people running the Spanish Inquisition look at your management style and decide it is a bit too intense, you have officially gone off the deep end
It’s wild to me that people use the “they were a man of their time” justification for Columbus. Even though the dude was imprisoned during his time for his heinous actions.
Then again, the people supporting most racist glorifications aren’t exactly historically literate.
Bartolomé de Casas coming back to Spain: “They are eating the men and f*cking the women”