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Lifetime: 1484 - 1566 Passed: ≈ 458 years ago

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Bartolomé de las Casas

Books by Bartolomé de las Casas

Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies Cover image

Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies

History Non-Fiction Religion
Slavery History Religion Justice Genocide Colonialism Human Rights Caribbean Americas Indigenous Exploitation Spanish Conquest

Bartolomé de las Casas's *A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies* offers a harrowing and unflinching indictment of Spanish colonial practices in the Americas. Written in 1542, the account details the brutal treatment endured by indigenous p...

Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias Cover image

Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias

History Philosophy Political Science Non-Fiction
Slavery Ethics Colonialism Human Rights Indigenous Rights

A scathing indictment of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, "Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias" provides a firsthand account of the atrocities committed by the conquistadors. Bartolomé de las Casas, a Dominican friar who witnessed...