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He enslaved people as he travelled
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/12/us/christopher-columbus-slavery-disease-trnd/index.html
Didn't everybody back then?
Slaves didn't own slaves
I'm sure it was very common. But that's whataboutism and it's definitely worth noting.