These mobs of ignorant people have no idea of the brutality of the world in which Columbus lived. He was no saint, but he definitely wasn't the worst.
For instance, human sacrifice was common in West Africa. "sacrifices were carried out all along the West African coast and further inland. Sacrifices were particularly common after the death of a King or Queen, and there are many recorded cases of hundreds or even thousands of slaves being sacrificed at such events. Sacrifices were particularly common in Dahomey, in the Benin Empire, in what is now Ghana, and in the small independent states in what is now southern Nigeria" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice#West_Africa Of course, the human sacrifices of the Aztecs were also well known.
For instance, human sacrifice was common in West Africa. "sacrifices were carried out all along the West African coast and further inland. Sacrifices were particularly common after the death of a King or Queen, and there are many recorded cases of hundreds or even thousands of slaves being sacrificed at such events. Sacrifices were particularly common in Dahomey, in the Benin Empire, in what is now Ghana, and in the small independent states in what is now southern Nigeria" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice#West_Africa Of course, the human sacrifices of the Aztecs were also well known.
