Christianity / Christian faith

Columbus thinks that the Indigenous people on Long Island do not have a religion yet and should be easily converted to the Christian faith

Columbus states that it should be very easy to turn the Indigenous people [from Cuba] into Christians

Columbus's Colonial Policy: Christian Purity

Columbus deems Indigenous people already as Christians-to-be

Columbus hopes that the Indigenous people [on Haiti] would become good Christians and subjects of the Castilian crown

Columbus already deems the Taíno on Hispaniola as good Christians-to-be

Columbus remembers he did not catch any significant differences among the Indigenous peoples of the various islands

T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

T0002 — [Letter Christopher Columbus to Luis de Santàngel, February 15, 1493]