Columbus brought violence and brutality when he returned to the New World on his second voyage. He used attack dogs and cannons against the native people, cutting off noses and ears of those who resisted slavery. Babies were killed and fed to dogs when meat ran short. Runaway slaves were burned alive or had limbs torn off by attack dogs. Columbus destroyed an entire civilization through murder, slavery, and cultural eradication in his violent quest for gold.

1. Columbus the villain
By: Kyle Johnson and Chris Malpass

2. On his second
trip to the New
World,
Columbus
brought cannons
and attack dogs.
If a native
resisted slavery,
he would cut off
a nose or an
ear.

3. If the Spaniards ran short of meat to feed the
dogs, Arawak babies were killed for dog food.

4. If slaves tried to
escape, Columbus had
them burned alive.

5. Other times,
he sent
attack dogs
to hunt them
down, and
the dogs
would tear off
the arms and
legs of the
screaming
natives while
they were still
alive.

6. the west indies
All this started
with
Columbus’s
expedition to
the west
indies.

7. He tried to
convert the
natives.

8. He forced them to find gold where there was
none, and if they did not find any Columbus
would kill them.

9. In his search for gold he killed many
people and almost wiped out an entire
civilization by himself.

10. Christopher
Columbus
literally
destroyed a
whole
population and
its culture,
religion, and
traditions.