Summary on “Columbus, The Indians, And Human Progress” By Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn’s purpose of writing this book is to have the reader understand

history through the eyes of the slaves, the Native American’s, the lower class people,

indentured workers, and the women. His purpose is to expose omitted occurrences

from the past, so that society now can use that knowledge to obtain full knowledge

of our nation’s past and potential future.

Zinn proposes to tell history from the point of view of history’s “victims”.

He proposes to tell it without “reproach, blame, or condemning” anyone involved in

the historic events. He proposes for the reader to be open-minded about other

perspectives relating to the history of people of all walks of life. Zinn states that the

atrocities committed though out history and time was a price that had to be paid in

order for advancement and improvement to evolve throughout the world.

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