Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-09-06
Books mentioned on Part One: Christopher Columbus: Bringer of the Apocalypse
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Robert Evans discussed Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem by Carol Delaney, Columbus by Laurence Bergreen, The Other Slavery by Andrés Reséndez, and Bible.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem
Discussed“And it's a book by Carol Delaney um that is about it's called Columbus and the quest for Jerusalem. Um now, this is a book that has some original research in it.”
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Columbus
Discussed“Anyway, uh the book Columbus by Laurence Bergreen, who's a much better historian than Carol Delaney, I think, um ably describes the status quo in his home when he was born re slavery.”
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The Other Slavery
The Other Slavery by Andrés Reséndez is a historical examination of the hidden systems of Indigenous enslavement that persisted throughout the Americas alongside the transatlantic slave trade.
Discussed“And in order to talk about what he's doing in that period, I'm going to quote now from the book The Other Slavery by Andres Resendez. Andre Resendez, sorry. "The early Portuguese slave trade assumed several forms from inherited slavery to indentured servitude, forced labor for a fixed period of time, occasionally with modest wages."”
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Bible
The Bible is the foundational religious and historical text of Judeo-Christian traditions, consisting of sacred scriptures that outline God's word, laws, and design for humanity.
Discussed“He starts reading the Bible. And this is a weird thing for him to do. People don't read the Bible back then, right? Normal people do not. Most of them are illiterate for one thing, and there's also a strong understanding, sometimes enforced through law, that the word of God is not supposed to be consumed directly by worshipers.”
Where to get it
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Passing Bible
“None of us knew what Jesus did because we're not allowed to read the Bible in this period. Yeah. Um which is actually not wildly far from the truth. So, Columbus grows up believing all this.”