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Many historians now think there were about 100 million people living in the Americas when Columbus arrived and disease reduced this to 2 million over the course
by CapitalistCartr 11y ago
Many historians now think there were about 100 million people living in the Americas when Columbus arrived and disease reduced this to 2 million over the course of 150 years. All the atrocities of the Spanish combined couldn't come close to the ravages of disease from a populace that lived in their own filth.