Columbus_the_Villian

Columbus the Villian Columbus the Villain In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. And, when he reached his destination he killed, raped and enslaved innocent natives. Was Columbus a villain' The answer to that question, in my opinion, would be yes. Christopher Columbus was a cruel, self-centered, delusional man who does not deserve to be praised for the discovery of America. First, Columbus was a cruel man who enslaved, raped, and murdered the natives of the countries he sailed to. According to an article by John Margolis entitled "Goodbye Columbus", Columbus "oversaw the killings of some (Indians) and ordered the enslavement of others." Margolis goes on to say that Columbus did not prevent his crewmen from raping the innocent natives, and even that he himself raped an Indian women after beating her "with a piece of rope". If these actions do not constitute villainy, I don't know what does. Also, Columbus could be described as a self-centered and delusional man. His critics have described him as not a genius, but a "stubborn ego maniac who convinced himself that the columbus, natives, man, believed, america, self-centered, raped, innocent, discovery, deserve, delusional, cruel, villain, sailed, praised, one, margolis, killing, himself, even, enslavement, enslaved, described, yes, years, written, world, women, within, voyages, villainy, villain, essay, true, taking, stubborn, spain, souls, someone, smaller, similar, short, shipping, say, saving, round, rope, reached, raping, rape, question, proposed christopher