Does Christopher Columbus Deserve To Have A Holiday?

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Does Christopher Columbus really deserve to have a holiday? The only other holiday that belongs to a person is Martin Luther KIng Jr. Truthfully, Columbus wasn't the guy to discover America. It was really Leif Ericson. He actually discovered america 400 years before Columbus! While Columbus was on his voyage he encountered indigenous people. Columbus thought of the indigenous people as obstacles in his way. His way to solve this was to practically slaughter them. The population dropped outrageously. Columbus sent many Taino Indians to Spain to be sold. Columbus didn't care for them correctly so many died during the voyage. The ones left behind were forced to search for gold in mines and if they didn't return with the needed amount they cut their limbs off. …show more content…
You may think Indigenous people's day is a better choice but it was recognized for Columbus as “Discovering America.” Columbus is known as a daring and path-breaking explorer who transformed the new world. He is known as this because a story creator decided to recreate the story because a boring truth wasn't interesting and wouldn't sell. Royal administrator was sent, who arrested Columbus and his brothers and shipped them home. Surprisingly, Columbus went onto their land and practically kicked them out. Also I found surprising was that Columbus had brothers! Overall I believe that Columbus should not get as much credit as he does for discovering America and killing people in the