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portada A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
98
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm
Weight
0.15 kg.
ISBN13
9781715386801
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A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

Bartolomé de las Casas (Author) · Blurb · Paperback

A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies - Bartolomé de las Casas

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

Bartolomé de Las Casas was the first and fiercest critic of Spanish colonialism in the New World. An early traveller to the Americas who sailed on one of Columbus's voyages, Las Casas was so horrified by the wholesale massacre he witnessed that he dedicated his life to protecting the Indian community. He wrote A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies in 1542, a shocking catalogue of mass slaughter, torture and slavery, which showed that the evangelizing vision of Columbus had descended under later conquistadors into genocide. Dedicated to Philip II to alert the Castilian Crown to these atrocities and demand that the Indians be entitled to the basic rights of humankind, this passionate work of documentary vividness outraged Europe and contributed to the idea of the Spanish 'Black Legend' that would last for centuries.
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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