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He was arrogant, conceited, superior and violent. He demanded submission, enslaved the native people he encountered in the Caribbean and killed those who would challenge him or his men. Most of the native peoples he encountered ended up dying of infectious diseases brought by these European people, as the natives had no immunity to them, whereas Columbus and his crew did have immunity (to the point that they would contract various Infectious Diseases but not necessarily die from them).

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