Quotes from "A People's History of the United States"

"Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island’s beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big beat…the Arawaks ran to greet them, brought them food, water, gifts."
"With fifty men we could subjugate them all"
- Christopher Columbus

"When you ask for something they have, they never say no. To the contrary, they offer to share with anyone..."
- Christopher Columbus

"Let us in the name of the Holy Trinity go on sending all the slaves that can be sold."
- Christopher Columbus

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