I am writing these letter to inform about who is responsible for the cruelty that was committed in the Bahamas Island. In 1492, a genocide was committed after Columbus and his man arrived at the Bahamas Island. The island was populated by Tainos who lived in small villages. They lived in small communities peacefully, they were innocent, strong, and naïve. A cruelty was committed against Tainos and a report shows that by the year 1650 all Tainos disappeared from the island. The central question is who is responsible for the death of million Tainos in 1492 .According to the indictment of all five defendants in my point of view all of them are guilty. Columbus has 40% of guilt , the Columbus’Men have 30% , the King …show more content…
They may justify that act because they were under the orders of their superiors : Columbus and Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand . But in reality they commit a huge genocide . They kill all the Tainos that Columbus command to . They kill and rape women , children and babies . They murdered them with cruelty burning them , cutting them into pieces , throwing them against rocks and rivers .They enslave them and force them to work in mines and if they refuse they torture them to death . We cannot blame only Columbus for this cruelty because Columbus only command and his man did the dirty work . They had a choice to refuse Columbus order but they did not …show more content…
Tainos were the victims of Columbus, the king and queen of spain , the Columbus men and the system of empire . They suffer too much , they lived horrorific experience .When Columbus arrived to the Island , the Tainos were innocent and they welcomed him with open arms. In return they were enslaved , tortured , and killed . The Tainos are guilty because they accept to be enslaved . John Lock argued that man hasn’t the right to give his own live to someone else .In other words man hasn’t the right to become a slave . The Tainos should have resist and fight the Spaniards