How Did Bartolome De Las Casas
Bartolomé de las Casas was born in 1474 in Seville, Spain and departed on July 17, 1566. In his lifetime he created a legacy that has been admired, analyzed, criticized, rationalized, despised, and idolized. Las Casas’ life shows us the extreme evilness and the extreme goodness of mankind. Bartolomé de Las Casas was of humble origin. He belonged to a rich family but have a soft heart having feelings for the ones who suffers from the Spanish conquest. During the Holy week, he had seen his first Indians paraded up and down the streets at the age of eight. They were scarcely clothes and barbarity treated, the sadness he feel in their eyes had never left his mind. He then proceeds to describe the humanity of the Indian inhabitants of the New World, making them saintly and guileless. He describes these people as "humble, patient, peaceable, devoid of wickedness, obedient, faithful, devoid of vengeance, rancor’s, or hatreds" (Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies, 1). Then, in
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Although meant to reach a wider audience, he intended primarily as a plea to the king of Spain and his heir to issue decrees limiting the severity with which Spanish conquistadores could deal with Amerindian populations. To change European world view, he was concerned with establishing a place for others. English version was used to convince the world that Spanish colonies in the New World would be better off under English control. For his work he was rewarded as the early pioneers of social justice. Las Casas also wrote two chronicles, Historia General de Las Indias and Historia Apologetica de Las Indias. These were intended to compile into one single book. He requested these not to be published until forty years after his death. So the targeted audience are the higher ranks of Spanish crown so to lesser the cruelty and barbarity against the American native
Although meant to reach a wider audience, he intended primarily as a plea to the king of Spain and his heir to issue decrees limiting the severity with which Spanish conquistadores could deal with Amerindian populations. To change European world view, he was concerned with establishing a place for others. English version was used to convince the world that Spanish colonies in the New World would be better off under English control. For his work he was rewarded as the early pioneers of social justice. Las Casas also wrote two chronicles, Historia General de Las Indias and Historia Apologetica de Las Indias. These were intended to compile into one single book. He requested these not to be published until forty years after his death. So the targeted audience are the higher ranks of Spanish crown so to lesser the cruelty and barbarity against the American native