In addition to putting the Native Americans to work as slaves in his gold mines, Columbus sold sex slaves to his men, some as young as 9. Columbus and his Spanish men raided Native TTaino villages for sex and sport. Columbus began rewarding his lieutenants with sex slaves -- particularly young girls who had been forced into sexual slavery. In a letter to a friend, Columbus remarked upon how girls between the ages of nine and ten could be used as currency. In the year 1500, Columbus wrote: "A hundred Castillian are as easily obteained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls; those from nine to ten are now in demand".

Barcelona's Pro independence Catalan have demanded several times to remove the Columbus monuments as a symbol of imperialisme, and a tribute to a slavetrader. In 2016 the monument was defaced with paitings on the Columbus Day and in 2018 pro independence councillors demanded the removal of the monument but pro Spanish mayor (Unidas Podemos) refused to remove the symbol. It's time for Justice.