yls3431 said:
Not only natives massacred by Spanish also Arabs and Jews ,living southern spain, were massacred too.500 years ago half of the penisula were arabic while there is not any now
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You do not really deserve an answer....
Have you heard the response from Arcorelli?
Massacred the arabs?
Half of Spain was arabic 500 years ago?
Massacred the jews?
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About the caribbean population it almost disappeared due to illness and "sadness" (records from the date). No slaughtering.
In trials many accused colonists alleged that the black people that substituted the caribbeans were all alive. H. Thomas says the caribbeans were not used to work 10 hours a day, and the loss of their prior life was the main cause of this sadness illness ("they did not want to live").
Curious, Columbus alive, colonist were jailed due to mistreating indians. And many people were accused and had trials. Compare it with other colonization processes. We had the "Leyes de India" to protect natives. We sent "auditores", judges and jailed people. We even sent armies to stop abuses.
We were no Saints (though there are many Saints recognized by the Church for the defense of the indians), but we did not go slaughtering people, save some war circumstances like Colula.
For a neutral vision read "The Spanish Empire" by the english historian Hugh Thomas.