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The Native peoples on the islands explored by Columbus suffered greatly from that and subsequent contact.
The Spanish enslaved the people to work on their plantations and mistreated them in other ways as well.
This engraving from an 1858 book covering the life of Hernando de Soto shows a Spanish captain feeding
a Native baby to his dogs. (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-104366])
(^50) B Discovery of the Americas, 1492–1800
to “try our fortune in seeking and exploring
new lands where we might find employment.”
The group appointed Francisco Hernández de
Córdoba as their leader and bought three
ships, including one from Velásquez, who
offered to finance the expedition in exchange
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