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Taíno communities

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Taíno communities

Gender: Male

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Columbus lands on Ayiti and claims it for Spain

📅 5 December 1492

Columbus landed on the island Indigenous people called Ayiti (later Hispaniola) and claimed it for Spain. This marked the start of Spanish colonial rule that displaced and violently coerced Taíno...