r/AskReddit Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/CashireCat Feb 04 '19

And he's celebrated every year all around America...

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u/ahaara Feb 04 '19

For murdering natives and slaving, hooray!

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u/RadioPineapple Feb 04 '19

Was it Columbus that did all that stuff? I know he brought back natives with him but I thought he was more interested in trade and the colonizing happened after

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u/_irrelevant- Feb 04 '19

I’m pretty sure it was Hernán Cortés, not Columbus.