Question

Therefore, when the Spanish took a number of Native Americans as prisoners on Hispaniola, Columbus saw an opportunity for profit. In 1496, he sent 300 of these prisoners to Spain, to be sold as slaves.

True / False.

Answer 1

¿In 1496 Columbus sent 300 prisoners on Hispaniola to Spain, to be sold as slaves?

R/ True

Step-by-step explanation:

This statement is true, but this venture doesn't result very well for Columbus. The way slavery was legal in Spain. Ransom includes the premise that in war, someone can be traded as a slave but free after the payment of the ransom (prisoner of war).

The Native Americans prisoners on Hispaniola doesn't have this attribute and was send back. King Fernando and Queen Isabel decide this and erase the dreamed venture of Columbus in this aspect.