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Holy fucking shit, imagine being a Columbus apologist ๐Ÿ˜ฌ (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I thought part of his behavior was preventing natives from being baptized specifically so he could legally enslave them.

It's not a core period/subject of interest of mine, so I might be remembering wrong.

[โ€“] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

That could be the case and I could be misremembering. I'll try to find Isabella's letter about it later.