1: Christopher Columbus was a conquistador, which means conqueror, who conquered lands and people by imposing his religion on them and demanding riches by forcefully taking
2: He set out for India (to get their spices for his own wealth) and mistakingly landed in Haiti because he literally went the wrong way.
3: In Haiti, he demanded gold from the locals and enslaved them. If they didn't give him gold, he slaughtered them. If they didn't give him enough, he cut their ears off.
Christopher Columbus was a bastard and an insanely selfish person. We celebrate this as Americans?