Christopher Columbus — "I recognized that they were people who would be better freed [from error] and co…"
I recognized that they were people who would be better freed [from error] and converted to our Holy Faith by love than by force.
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From his journal, expressing a philosophical/moral consideration regarding the indigenous people, albeit within a colonial framework.
Date: 1492 (during his first voyage)
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