A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

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  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies Book Detail

  • Author : Bartolomé de las Casas
  • Release Date : 2022-11-01
  • Publisher : Open Road Media
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 96
  • ISBN 13 : 1504078586
  • File Size : 1,1 MB
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Book Description: A Spanish friar documents the brutal treatment of Caribbean natives at the hands of colonial authorities in the sixteenth century. After traveling to the New World, Dominican friar Bartolomé de Las Casas witnessed conquistadors wreak unimaginable horrors upon the Indigenous people of the Caribbean. He later dedicated his life to fighting for their protection. Following numerous failed attempts to reason with authorities in Spain, he chose to document everything he had seen over a span of fifty years and to give it to Spain’s Prince Philip II. In A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies, Las Casas catalogues the atrocities he observed the Spanish colonial authorities inflict upon the native people. He discusses the brutal torture, mass genocide, and enslavement. He passionately pleas for an end to this treatment and for the native peoples to be given basic human rights.

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