Category Archives: HIST137

Nazis, Genocide, Slavery, Christopher Columbus, and Obamacare

When I was a child, Columbus Day honored the man who proved the world was round and, in the process, discovered America.  I am not sure if I ever watched Christopher Columbus (1960), but its approach to Columbus is consistent with what I was taught. When I read Francis Jennings’ The Invasion of America:  Indians, […]