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1514: The indigenous population of the island is recorded as having fallen to only 29,000 survivors from an original population of several hundred thousand.

1514: The indigenous population of the island is recorded as having fallen to only 29,000 survivors from an original population of several hundred thousand. This catastrophic decline was primarily driven by Old World diseases and forced labor.

Source  ·  p. 14 Dubois, Avengers of the New World, 14