When Columbus came to the Caribbean the Natives were completely taken advantage of when they offered to help the Spanish. Since Columbus couldn't find any gold after making his men search for months. He took the Natives as slaves thinking they could lead him to the gold. He took 500 Natives captive to take back to Spain and only 200 survived the harsh conditions at sea. Even after Columbus, the Europeans caused complete genocide of the Natives. I got all this info from Howard Zinn's A Young People's History of the United States. *It is really hard to fit all the things that happened so I left out a lot of details.* It's a really good book 10/10 recommend it.