Name: A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
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Author: Bartolomé de las Casas
ISBN: 9781420963199

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A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

Type

Physical Book

Author

Bartolomé de las Casas

Publisher

Digireads.com

Language

English

Pages

162

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 0.9 cm

Weight

0.21 kg.

ISBN13

9781420963199

Synopsis "A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies"

Written in 1542 and first published in 1552, "A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies" by Bartolome de Las Casas, a Dominican friar, is a moving and shocking account of the atrocities and mistreatment suffered by the indigenous people of South America under Spanish colonial rule. Bartolome de Las Casas, believed to have been born in 1484, immigrated to the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean from Spain in 1502 with his father and was ordained as a priest in 1510. His work with the Church gave him a startling glimpse into the cruelty and inhumanity that the native peoples were subjected to by the powerful Spaniards. Bartolome de Las Casas was determined to advocate for these oppressed people and traveled back and forth between Spain and the New World several times to bring the plight of the indigenous peoples to the attention of the King. Bartolome de Las Casas documented the ravages of the disease and greed the Spanish brought with them across the sea. "A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies" is an important and remarkable work, as well as the earliest documentation of a concerted effort to advocate for better and more humane treatment of the native people of the New World. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

Bartolomé de las Casas

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Bartolomé de las Casas (1484–1566) fue un fraile dominico, cronista y defensor de los pueblos indígenas durante la colonización española de América. Nació en Sevilla y viajó al Nuevo Mundo a comienzos del siglo XVI, donde inicialmente participó en el sistema de encomiendas.

Con el tiempo, tras presenciar los abusos cometidos contra los indígenas, experimentó una profunda transformación moral y se convirtió en uno de sus principales defensores. Denunció las injusticias del sistema colonial ante la Corona española y abogó por reformas que protegieran los derechos de los pueblos originarios.

Es autor de obras fundamentales como Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias, donde describe con dureza la violencia de la conquista. Su labor influyó en la promulgación de leyes más humanitarias, como las Leyes Nuevas de 1542.

Bartolomé de las Casas es recordado como una figura clave en la defensa de los derechos humanos en la historia temprana de América.

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