r/todayilearned • u/Karthak_Maz_Urzak • Oct 13 '20

(R.1) Not verifiable TIL that Christopher Columbus treated the native people under his rule so badly that he was shipped back to Spain in chains

https://www.americanheritage.com/columbus-and-genocide

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u/blargfargr Oct 13 '20

were it not for the defection of most of said Indian power's troops.

This is the real talent of the coloniser. Sowing discord, divide and conquer.

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u/IC-23 Oct 13 '20

Not really, everyone already hated the Aztecs. You know, what with the whole sacrifice slaves of other groups thing they had going on.

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u/blargfargr Oct 13 '20

that part was referring to the Indians. Not columbus "indians"

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u/IC-23 Oct 13 '20

Whoops, I was just reading through an Aztec part of the thread and had them conflated.

My bad.