In Bartolome De Las Casas’s “from The Very Brief Relation of the Devastation of the Indies” a lot of descriptive verbiage is utilized to paint a distinct picture of good vs. evil in an unjust world. Referencing the Spaniards as Christians is done with a great deal of anger‚ and sarcasm. These Spaniards performed many acts of evil as they brutally tortured‚ killed‚ and enslaved the Native American peoples. According to De Las Casas “they attacked the towns and spared neither the children nor the
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Written Response: Bartoleme de Las Casas My immediate response to Las Casas’ account was one of sorrow‚ dread‚ and horror. I cannot even express in words the emotions that ran through my mind and soul as I read this terrifying report exposing the truth of our country’s beginnings. My voice cracked as I read aloud Las Casas’ words‚ and I felt myself holding back tears as a roar against injustice raged within me. I wish I could believe Las Casas was a liar‚ but his brutal honesty wipes away every
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article‚ de Las Casas makes another interesting comment about Christians’ another terrific action towards Indians. After taking the exiled king of India‚ Christians send him in a vessel to another place. But many Christians are drowned along with the king. The significant point is that there were very huge amount of gold in the shipwreck and the comment made by de Las Casas points out the real condition: "Such was God’s vengeance for so many terrible injustices." Bartolome de Las Casas gives another
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Las Casas Time Line 1484 Born in Seville to Pedro de Las Casas‚ a small merchant wealthy enough to send his son to learn Latin in the academy at the cathedral of Seville in 1497. Many older sources give 1474 as the year of his birth. 1502 Leaves Spain for Hispaniola in the West Indies with the governor‚ Nicolas de Ovando. He earns an encomienda for his participation in several expeditions and then proceeds to evangelize the Indians. 1506 Returns briefly to Europe where he is ordained a deacon
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In the textbook of Bartolome de las Casas From The Very Brief Relation of the Devastation of the Indies‚ de la Casas said “This was the first land in the New World to be destroyed and depopulated by the Christians‚ and here they began their subjection of the women and children‚ taking them away from the Indians to use them and ill use them‚ eating the food they provided with their sweat and toil.” Base on this saying we can guest his thought about the New World and its inhabitants‚ he explains
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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
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Bartolome De Las Casas writes to the King of Spain about the treatment of indigenous peoples by the Spanish conquistadors. Being a Spanish Dominican priest‚ he was appalled by how Christians were treating these people. He writes‚ “The Christians seized all the maize the locals had grown for themselves and their own families and‚ as a consequence‚ some twenty or thirty thousand natives died of hunger‚ some mothers even killing their own children and eating them” (Las Casas‚ 1992‚ p. 39). Las Casas has great
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Bartolomé de las Casas‚ a former encomendero turned Dominican friar‚ was known as “one of the great abolitionists of Caribbean history”1. He dedicated a huge portion of his life trying to better the conditions of the people in the Indies. He devised a “radical plan”2 which would prove to be more contradictory than anything. Although Bartolomé de las Casas’ plans for the Indies seemed radical‚ they were actually made out to serve the crown’s desires while taking away the power of the conquistadors
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The argument of Juan Gines de Sepulveda is that of negative feedback to what was experienced in the first encounter of the Spaniards and American Indians in the Sixteenth Century. Also‚ Sepulveda demonstrates through his opinion that war against the Indians is a rightful act due to the fact that the Indians are seen as lower beings. The proof that Sepulveda uses to support his position is the glimpse the Spaniards noted in the short time they observed the Indians. Sepulveda thought that the Indians
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Bartolomé de las Casas was born on August 1474 or November 1484 and died on July 17‚ 1566. He was a Spanish historian and Dominican friar‚ who advocated in favor of the native people‚ eventually he became known as the Protector of the Indians. De las Casas condemned the Europeans brutal treatment of the natives in the Americas‚ in addition to fighting for the abolition of slavery. According to Encyclopedia Britannica Online‚ “In 1502 he left [Seville] for Hispaniola‚ in the West Indies‚ with the
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