The things that interested Columbus the most in his first meeting with the Taino, as he himself wrote in his journal, were the abundant possesion of gold that the Taino showed and the inferred knowledge of them of the places where the gold could be found. In his opinion it was worthy to try to convert them to Christianity.
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Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary leader who is called the father of Mexican independence.
Iroquois Six Nations Land Cessions to Pennsylvania, 1736-1792. Between 1736 and 1792, the Iroquois League, formed of the Seneca, Oneida, Mohawk, Cayuga, Tuscarora, and Onondaga tribes, made several important land deals with American colonists, often without the consent of those tribes who occupied the land.
Oppression of blacks by whites
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) believed in a patient process, not immediately challenging the views of white superiority. He thought that by hard work and perseverance, over time the black community would prove itself equal to whites.
W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) criticized Washington's views, believing that it was wrong to allow any continuance of the idea of white superiority over blacks. He promoted social action and agitation to challenge such views, because as long as whites viewed blacks as unequal, they would never allow actual equality to occur, and oppression of blacks by whites would continue in various forms.
