Daily Log

Monday, October 12

Columbus day

We examined briefly the legacy of Christopher Columbus, and saw how he used Christianity to justify atrocities committed upon the native population and how other Christians, notably Father Batolome de las Casas, condemned Columbus's acts on the same religious grounds.

We then connected that religious conflict with Douglass's Narrative, and began to examine how the Christian religion was invoked both to justify and to condemn slavery in the U.S. in the 19th century.