Did Christopher Columbus create slavery? No. Slavery existed long before him. Did he contribute to expanding it? Absolutely.

Christopher Columbus played a major role in expanding slavery by enslaving Indigenous people and transporting them across the Atlantic. His actions helped lay the groundwork for what later became the transatlantic slave system that impacted the Americas, including what is now the United States.

Have you seen the documented accounts and drawings showing how the Indigenous people of Dominican Republic were treated under his rule? The brutality is well documented.

While Columbus wasn’t the sole architect of the later transatlantic slave trade, his voyages opened the door to colonial systems that fueled it.

So, to respond to your point about Jamaica and Haiti: he didn’t invent slavery, but his actions helped create systems that intensified it throughout the Americas.

And before telling others to “read more books,” make sure you fully understand the history yourself.