BY: Paul Basile
At the present moment, Christopher Columbus may be the single most maligned, misrepresented and misunderstood figure in all of history. Once hailed as the “Admiral of the Ocean Sea” and the “Discoverer of America,” he is now reviled as a gold-hungry zealot, robber, racist, rapist, slave trader, torturer and mass murderer.
A close reading of historical documents reveals, however, that every single one of the charges against him is dead wrong. How could that possibly be? Here’s how. In the latter decades of the 20th century, a handful of revisionists launched a campaign of misinformation that has since spread across the country, hoodwinking educators, journalists, elected officials, Native Americans, activists and the general public.
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