Columbus was not the first to discover America, Native Americans discovered America about 14,000 years before Columbus was even born. Secondly, when Columbus discovered the Bahamas, he found that the people who lived there were friendly and peaceful, these people were called Lucayans, Taínos and Arawaks. They even helped save a ship and its cargo after a storm. Of course, Columbus was so “impressed” by their work that he seized the land for Spain and then enslaved the islanders. He made them work in his brutal gold mines. Two years later, half of the island's original natives were dead. Additionally, Columbus was part of sexual slavery at that time. The girls aged 9 and 10 were wanted by their men. Columbus used his powers in every way possible, and one of the reasons he used them was to