Quote Originally Posted by Uesugi Kenshin
Just something for you to note Kaiser: he enslaved 1600 natives in direct violation of orders from the Spanish monarchs, and then sent them 550. They sent them back and punished him for it. Who knows what would have happened if he didn't start that trend? Though I agree it is likely that they would have been abused anyway it does not make that sort of behaviour permissible IMHO.
The Turks started the slave trade way before Columbus. Just by finding America, it would have been extended and the natives enslaved.