The Spanish colonization of the Caribbean islands led to the destruction of the native populations through violence, torture, and forced labor. The islands were depopulated as people were killed, scared away, or taken to other islands as labor. The work in processing plants also killed the remaining natives. This horrifying account by a Dominican friar sheds light on the brutal actions of the Spanish.
The Atlantic Slave Trade mixes centuries of human bondage with violence, economics, commerce, geo-political competition, liberty, morality, injustice, revolution, tragedy and bloody reckonings. That sounds like a lot, yet this show merely scratches the surface of this enormous subject.