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Was Columbus a hero?
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Selected claim, supporting its parent
Columbus's discoveries allowed European states to engage in trans-Atlantic colonization and slave trading.
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Pro claim 1, children below
The island Columbus named Española became the first European colony in America.
Pro claim 2
During his second voyage, Columbus sent several indigenous Carib people back to Spain with the hopes of establishing a trans-Atlantic slave route.