Amerigo

In today’s vernacular his schemes to lure/trick men, women and children (or sometimes drag them unconscious or kicking and screaming) onto his boat(s) and then slap chains on them and sell them to the highest bidder would earn him the title of a ground level thug in an organized crime syndicate using duplicity, violence and kidnapping to engage in a racketeering operation (now commonly referred to as “Human Trafficking”).

Here is an excerpt from a letter written by Amerigo Vespucci (eponym for the Americas) describing his encounter with some indigenous peoples on one of his voyages:

“..we put in to shore; and they did not oppose our landing, through fear of the mortars, I think … And after a long battle, having slain many of them, we put them to flight … We burned the town and returned victorious and with 250 prisoners to the ships, leaving many of them dead and wounded; and on our side only one died, and 22 were wounded, all of whom recovered, praise be to God … and we set sail for Spain, with 222 slave prisoners; and we reached the port of Cadiz on the 15th day of October, 1498, where we were well received and sold our slaves.”

 (source: https://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/before-1600/letter-of-amerigo-vespucci-to-pier-soderini-1497.php#:~:text=We%20arranged%20our%20departure%2C%20and,slaves%3A%20and%20reached%20the%20port )

Amerigo Vespucci went on a number of other voyages to what we now call “South America” which involved even more malicious, gruesome and insidious tactics in luring the indigenous peoples onto boats in order to sell them as slaves.

For more info on Amerigo Vespucci and his human trafficking enterprises:

– http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/explorers/americus-vespucius.htm

– https://nutritionalgeography.faculty.ucdavis.edu/exploration-accounts/amerigo-vespucci/

– https://brycchancarey.com/slavery/chrono2.htm##1500

 

SOURCE:

https://open.substack.com/pub/gavinmounsey/p/250-years-of-freedom-for-oligarchs?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web