Opening of Columbus and punitive measures by conquistadors

Columbus discovered the New World, but brought misery to the local population. The Indian, who was assigned to work on a plot of land and evaded his duties, had the right to kill or sell in the slave market. As can be seen, the Admiral was not to blame for the actions taken against the Indians. It was very difficult for him to resist the onslaught of hidalgoes settling on the shores of the New World.Haiti's indigenous population disappeared at an unprecedented speed in history. In 1515, there were at least 15,000 people there, and by the mid-16th century, the Haitians had become extinct. Slaves - "cannibals" from the Lesser Antilles, as well as equated "savages" (i.e. undistributed Indians) from Cuba, Jamaica and Puerto Rico - began to be brought into the Espanyola. Soon, the indigenous population began to disappear there as well. Then the mass hunt for slaves in South America off the Caribbean intensified. Later, African slaves began to be brought into the Espanyola at the initiative of Las Casas.