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7M tainos by the hand of Columbus and his crew?

I don't question that what the Spanish accomplished was a massacre. I just question whether that can be attributed to Columbus himself. He did 3 trips to the Americas, none of which lasted very long:

1st Voyage - 1492-1493

2nd Voyage - 1493-1496

3rd Voyage - 1498-1500




You don't have to personally perpetrate or even succeed to be genocidal right? If your intention is "drive out the natives and eradicate them because they're pests unless enslaved" that's genocidal.




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