9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Christopher Columbus and Hispaniola
Christopher columbus actually went to his grave insisting that he had not discovered a new continent, considering is the achievement we all remember him for. But this confusion didn't stop him from settling in hispaniola and enslaving as many indigenous people there as he could. He worked tens of thousands of them to death in his gold mines. The scale of his use of slave labor was shocking, even for those at the time. In 15 13, the first african slaves were imported to make up the devastated population of the island.
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