Essay On Why We Should Not Celebrate Columbus Day

Columbus Day Columbus Day became a legal holiday in 1971, marking Christopher Columbus’ first voyage to America in 1492. This is a day that is celebrated, but should America continue to celebrate this day? Columbus Day should not be celebrated due to his cruelty, false discoveries, and the result of his voyage. Columbus’ cruelty consists of unleashing greyhounds on Natives, having Native women raped, and harsh punishment. Columbus’ false discoveries include not discovering America, not discovering that the world was round, and claiming land where people had already been living. Columbus’ voyage resulted in slavery in Africa, genocide, and illnesses. America should not continue celebrating Columbus Day because Christopher Columbus was cruel and brutal man. The Spaniard’s most commonly used weapons were greyhounds. Native Americans were used to being nearly naked due to the heat giving …show more content…
His cruelty had continued to spread and many other countries had adapted from his brutal ruling. Columbus had established a colony in Haiti, where he introduced slavery and killed many slaves from workload. Columbus sent Natives as slaves to Europe, which soon introduced slave trading(Source 4). Many lives of Natives were taken when shipping them to Europe and even if they had gotten there safely, they would eventually work to death. Another cause of death in the Americas, was the illness and diseases brought in by the Spaniards. When the Spanish had brought smallpox into the Americas, many of the Native Americans caught it killing a vast majority of the Native population (Source 2). Columbus’ harsh ruling also resulted in genocide. Killing so many people from punishment to slavery to diseases , Columbus had caused a mass murder in which he had depopulated Haiti and America (Source 4). By celebrating Columbus Day, America is “celebrating the father of genocide and slavery” (Source