The next year, 1495, Columbus launched massive slave raids, rounding up
1,600 Tainos, from which the "best" 500, perhaps 550, were selected to be
shipped to Spain. Of the hundreds of captives left over, "whoever wanted
them could take as many as he pleased one eyewitness, a Spanish
colonist, Michele de Cuneo, wrote, "and this was done."

What is one purpose served by including examples in the article of
Spaniards' cruelty?
to suggest that the Spaniards treated the Taino no differently than they
treated other people they encountered
to explain why history textbooks omitted information about the way the
Spaniards treated the Tainos
to suggest that the Spaniards felt conflicted about their mission to gain
riches and suppress Taino resistance
to explain why the Tainos adopted guerrilla war tactics to resist the policies

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One purpose that is served by including examples in the article of  Spaniards' cruelty is to suggest that the Spaniards treated the Taino no differently than they  treated other people they encountered

According to the given excerpt, the author narrates the massive slave raids that Columbus launched and got almost two thousand slaves that he shipped to Spain.

We are told from the narration that the slaves that were not shipped to Spain were free to be taken by anyone that wished to.

Therefore, the correct answer is option A

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