This is a 2 part essay about Howard Zinn and Robert Royal Commenting on each others opinions about Christopher Columbus and the Arawak Nation
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Pages: 4
(approximately 235 words/page)
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Zinn Essay
Period 3 US History AP
A nation founded on the slaughter of innocent people will never admit what they did was wrong. Most of them will not even acknowledge that such events ever took place. They will even go as far as to tell their children that the murderous tyrants of old were heroes and how they brought peace and prosperity. They will preach of how a nation of uneducated savages was given the …
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…some of the Spaniards killed Indians or forced them to mine for gold. These tall tails have no evidence, physical or written. These are all lies perpetuated by so-called loyalists, people who to this day will not embrace the changes brought from Spain. None of these efforts to soil the name of a great explorer have prevailed. Christopher Columbus is now and shall forever be known the world over as the discoverer of North America.
…some of the Spaniards killed Indians or forced them to mine for gold. These tall tails have no evidence, physical or written. These are all lies perpetuated by so-called loyalists, people who to this day will not embrace the changes brought from Spain. None of these efforts to soil the name of a great explorer have prevailed. Christopher Columbus is now and shall forever be known the world over as the discoverer of North America.
