Thanks for your support of retaining my comment but some people see a differing opinion as uncivil.
To tell the truth I don't disagree with what you said except that I believe we should NOT judge people by the standards of today. What he did was the norm of his day. Why is Alexander called the Great when he killed so many people? Should we change that?
Frankly I don't understand why he is considered such a hero. He was wrong about the shortest way to get to India. He landed on an island in the Caribbean not what is now the US. That honour went to Giovanni da Verrazzano who lead the first French expedition to the continental America in 1525 and only has a bridge named in his honour in New York.