Columbus and his Expeditions "Columbus, the Indians, and human progress" is an article written by Howard Zinn. I found the article from "A People's History of the United States". Howard Zinn claims to show a series of controversial facts about Christopher Columbus and the Native Amercians, to prove that Columbus forcefully took the Arawak Indians as slaves, and took advantage of their assets to only become famous. Howard Zinn states the main historical facts of …showed first 75 words of 439 total…

…showed last 75 words of 439 total…take advantage of the Arawak people and their goods, he achieved fortune, as well as the Arawaks, that both had until that time never enjoyed. All through his expeditions, Columbus made it possible for the growth and expansion of the European colonies. If we directly look at the bad side of the actions Columbus and many other heroes like himself did, we sure make our past heroes seem a lot worse then they really were.