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1509

1509: Diego Columbus was appointed viceroy of the Indies and presided over the final stages of Taino population decline.

1509: Diego Columbus was appointed viceroy of the Indies and presided over the final stages of Taino population decline. He commissioned Juan de Esquivel to conquer Jamaica, which was primarily developed as a source of food and labor for other mainland colonies.

Source  ·  p. 156 Rouse, The Tainos, 156