• jballs@sh.itjust.works
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    24 days ago

    Columbus literally wrote in his journal that he wanted to steal all of the native people’s shit after encountering them the first time an

    I would like to learn more

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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      23 days ago

      A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn is a good starting point.

      What’s really interesting is that Columbus’ journal may have been lost to history but for Bartoleme De Las Casas making a copy of it by hand.