Many people in Spain were horrified by the extreme violence and cruelty of Columbus.

But the alternative view wasn’t great either. The Queen wanted to convert the natives and thus bestow the rights of christian subjects (which is part of why natives did better under Spain than under England/USA)… But this was still a better plan than that of Columbus. Dude did not want to convert the natives because it would obstruct his torture, rape, murder, theft, etc.

I think my point is this: Evil wasn’t completely normal back then. Columbus was considered evil even in his own time and among his own peers.

That’s part of why fash support this fash to this day.

By 1500, word of the tyrannical ways in which Columbus and his brothers governed had reached Ferdinand and Isabella. They removed the Columbus family from their governmental positions and ordered them back to Spain. Upon their arrival, the men were imprisoned. The monarchs stripped Columbus of his rank of Admiral of the Ocean Sea, his Viceroy and Governorship, and refused to provide him with any of the agreed-upon monetary claims. King Ferdinand released the men after six weeks. Upon his release from prison, Columbus petitioned King Ferdinand for a fourth voyage of exploration of the New World, which was granted.

In April 1502, Columbus once again set sail for a voyage across the Atlantic. This voyage was treacherous. His ship washed ashore in present-day Jamaica during a hurricane. A year passed before he and his remaining crew were rescued. By this time, Columbus was suffering from debilitating arthritis caused by a bacterial infection or sexually transmitted disease. His eyes were inflamed and often bled and he could hardly move. He returned to Spain and died there in 1504.

https://historycollection.com/columbus-scandalous-treatment-native-peoples-reaped-wrath-spain/