Posted on 10/09/2017 4:27:19 AM PDT by Chickensoup
IN 1492
In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
He had three ships and left from Spain; He sailed through sunshine, wind and rain.
He sailed by night; he sailed by day; He used the stars to find his way.
A compass also helped him know How to find the way to go.
Ninety sailors were on board; Some men worked while others snored.
Then the workers went to sleep; And others watched the ocean deep.
Day after day they looked for land; They dreamed of trees and rocks and sand.
October 12 their dream came true, You never saw a happier crew!
“Indians! Indians!” Columbus cried; His heart was filled with joyful pride.
But “India” the land was not; It was the Bahamas, and it was hot.
The Arakawa natives were very nice; They gave the sailors food and spice.
Columbus sailed on to find some gold To bring back home, as he’d been told.
He made the trip again and again, Trading gold to bring to Spain.
The first American? No, not quite. But Columbus was brave, and he was bright.
Not to mention that slavery has been practiced by pretty much every ancient civilization at one time or another. Some act as though southern, white Americans invented the idea.
Another point: Black Africans were enslaved and sold initially by other black Africans.
“but he had the luck of the Irish.”
Who got here *long* before Columbus and the Vikings did.
:)
The Vikings in Canada present no target at all because they lost to the Indians; I believe they referred to them as “skraelings”. There seemed to be an infinite supply of them, and the settlements were abandoned.
‘native’ - Nobody just popped up out the ground.
“I can see Ohio, Columbus.”
“That’s Columbus, Ohio!”
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