Praise Idleness@sh.itjust.works to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 19 hours agoDo you make $5,000/day?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1880arrow-down110
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minus-squareGetOffMyLanlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·16 hours agoHe enslaved people as he travelled https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/12/us/christopher-columbus-slavery-disease-trnd/index.html
minus-squareGetOffMyLanlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 hours agoI’m sure it was very common. But that’s whataboutism and it’s definitely worth noting.
Was Columbus trading slaves?
He enslaved people as he travelled
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/12/us/christopher-columbus-slavery-disease-trnd/index.html
Didn’t everybody back then?
Slaves didn’t own slaves
I’m sure it was very common. But that’s whataboutism and it’s definitely worth noting.