Search results
Spanish Empire. A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies[ 2][ 3] ( Spanish: Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias) is an account written by the Spanish Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas in 1542 (published in 1552) about the mistreatment of and atrocities committed against the indigenous peoples of the Americas in ...
97 This is one of the very few occasions in the Short Account on which Las Casas names one of the ‘blackguards’ he is attacking. However, the name is too common for any identification to be possible. 98 Santa Marta was founded by Rodrigo de Bastidas in 1525 in what is now the Republic of Colombia.
Jan 9, 2007 · Author. Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566. Title. A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies. Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and all manner of Cruelties, that Hell and Malice could invent, committed by the Popish Spanish Party on the inhabitants of West-India, TOGETHER With the Devastations ...
Mar 5, 2020 · A short account of the destruction of the Indies by Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566. Publication date 1992 Topics ... Central America, West Indies ...
Jun 9, 2022 · sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons gallery, Commons category, quotes, Wikidata item. A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies (Spanish: Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias) is an account written by the Spanish Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas in 1542 (published in 1552) about the torture, mistreatment ...
About 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.
Nov 1, 2022 · 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.
