Christopher Columbus is the explorer who is credited for discovering America. Of course, there were already people living in America at the time who we call Native Americans. There even was a European, Leif Ericsson, who had been to the Americas before. However, it was Columbus' voyage that started the exploration and colonization of the Americas.
I’m very sure it has to be A.
Explanation:
B is a common event that happened to most slave families during the slave era
And C the slave owners wouldn’t do. Why? Because they preferred more cruel and unusual punishments in that time.
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