Should Christopher Columbus Statue Be Taken Down?

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Should the Christopher columbus statue be taken down ?
Most people believe that the Christopher Columbus statue should be taken down, because it symbolizes hate and slavery. It shows slavery, because Christopher Columbus took Indians in and made them his slaves. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer. He was born in 1451, in the republic Genoa. He later Went to Lisbon, portugal then later went to Spain, where he pitched the idea of trying to find a better way to transfer goods.
Christopher Columbus set to sail and was looking for India. Instead, he found America, but he thought it was India or at least close to it. So he called the people there Indians, but he was really in America. So he took these Indians in and made them his slaves.and

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