Christopher Columbus was a slave owner and trader who enslaved Indigenous peoples (Arawak/Taíno) in the Caribbean. He initiated the transatlantic slave trade from the Americas to Europe, sending thousands of native people to Spain, and enforced brutal labor systems.

Christopher Columbus was a slave owner and trader He initiated the transatlantic slave trade.
Christopher Columbus was a slave owner and trader who enslaved Indigenous peoples (Arawak/Taíno) in the Caribbean. He initiated the transatlantic slave trade from the Americas to Europe, sending thousands of native people to Spain, and enforced brutal labor systems.
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