The Taino people were known to be one of the dominant, indigenous groups in many of the Caribbean islands including most of Trindad, Cuba, Jamaica. Majority were believed to have died off or extinct by the 1500s due to infectious diseases such as the 1519 smallpox epidemic, warfare and brutal enslavements by the Spanish colonists.
They share the power of being able to: collect taxes, build roads, borrow money, establish courts, make and enforce laws, charter banks and corporations, spend money for the general welfare, and take private property for public purposes.
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The king and queen of Spain were very much interested in learning more about India and would like spices and jewels, so they funded Christopher Columbus's voyages, but as we all know he ended up in North America, not India.
I'd say because he was trying to convince people that slavery was wrong. He was steering the ship and the ship is the people, he was steering them in the right direction about slavery.
