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Columbus: Hero or Imposter

Clarence Richardson
ENG 120-04
September 22, 2003
Critical Analysis Essay.
Columbus: ‘Hero’ or ‘Impostor’

In her essay, “The Statue of Columbus should be removed from The Bahamas”, Sheanda Glinton argues that “Murder, cruelty, inhumanity, and a false legacy is what Columbus unleashed and as such his statue should be removed from the Bahamas.” Glinton also argue that Columbus did not discover the islands or the Bahamas; in fact they were already inhabited by the Tainos. In her essay, she describes the Tainos as primitive, but happy people. This was true until Columbus arrived and decided that they would make great slaves, as well as laborers for him and his cohorts. Throughout her essay, Glinton speaks about the malevolent and atrocious treatment to the aboriginal people of the Bahamas brought on by Columbus and his Spanish legion, in pursuit to enslave them as well as convert them to Christianity. Glinton strongly believes that the only thing Columbus shoul...

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