Have any of you read A Peoples History of the United States? This - TopicsExpress



          

Have any of you read A Peoples History of the United States? This is the TRUE history of us as a nation. What they dont teach you in school. This is why I dont celebrate and will NEVER celebrate Columbus Day. Christopher Columbus was a Savage. Read the excerpt below.. Columbus , The Indians, and Human Progress Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the islands beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat. When Columbus and his sailors came ashore, carrying swords, speaking oddly, the Arawaks ran to greet them, brought them food, water, gifts. He later wrote of this in his log: They ... brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things, which they exchanged for the glass beads and hawks bells. They willingly traded everything they owned... . They were well-built, with good bodies and handsome features.... They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron. Their spears are made of cane... . They would make fine servants.... With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want. These Arawaks of the Bahama Islands were much like Indians on the mainland, who were remarkable (European observers were to say again and again) for their hospitality, their belief in sharing. These traits did not stand out in the Europe of the Renaissance, dominated as it was by the religion of popes, the government of kings, the frenzy for money that marked Western civilization and its first messenger to the Americas Christopher Columbus. Columbus wrote: As soon as I arrived in the Indies , on the first Island which I found, I took some of the natives by force in order that they might learn and might give me information of whatever there is in these parts. . **The whole book is full of the history we were never taught. The chapter on the treatment of slaves particularly broke my heart. If you want to read this book I have it on PDF format..**
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 18:11:45 +0000

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