Columbus Blog #8

Columbus Day is considered a national holiday in America, but is Christopher Columbus really worthy of his own holiday? It can be argued that Columbus is a hero, however through research it is shown that Christopher was really an American villain. He and his men came to America and spread diseases to the Native people. He also enslaved many Native Americans and thought of them as savages instead of human beings. His goals were purely economic and for the benefit of himself instead of his country or people.