Re: tfw you had a chill day off on Columbus Day but the next
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:06 am
The Dirty Turtle wrote:hi please remove me from this thread
The Dirty Turtle wrote:hi please remove me from this thread
Columbus's civil rights advocacy was not limited to the tribes of the Americas; throughout his maritime career, he also rescued Jews from the Spanish Inquisition by employing them as crew members on various expeditions. His tireless and life-long civil rights activism also inspired the Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas, to successfully petition King Ferdinand to fund a religious order to perpetually advocate for the tribal peoples of the Americas, resulting in de las Casas being appointed by the Church and the Crown of Spain as "Protector of the Indians."