the destruction of the Indies‚ Indianapolis‚ IN‚ Hackett Publishing Company INC.‚ 2003 Bartolme De Las Casas is an interesting character. His passion for people who at the time were seen as a sub species of humans (if even human at all) is remarkable. De Las Casas came from a modest family and was well educated. He was brought into the world of the America ’s through his father Pedro De Las Casas who was an encomiendo himself. His travels through the New World prior to 1510 when he became an ordained
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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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Alyssa Curley Ex RR-10/01/10 The Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies Bartolomé De Las Casas describes many horrific actions carried out by Spanish Christians against Indians living on the island of The Hispaniola in between the mid-16th and early 17th century. Bartolome De Las Casas was a 16th century Spanish priest‚ made famous for his advocacy of the rights of Native Americans. Las Casas lived from 1484 to July 17th‚ 1556. He is the Author of The Brief Account of the Devastation
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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‚ 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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people‚ time periods‚ and trends at the time. Three very concerverical and different people that had large roles in this matter were Bartolome de Las Casas‚ Andrew Jackson‚ and Helen Hunt Jackson. All of these people had very different approaches to how they handled this and the way they tried to persuade people to believe what they believed. Bartolome de Las Casas (1474-1566) was a Spanish historian who was one of the first to “tell all” about what the Spaniards were doing to the native people
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Bartolome’ De Las Casas stated that "those who have traveled to this part of the world pretending to be Christians have uprooted these pitiful peoples and wiped them from the face of the earth (Las Casas‚ 12). After reading the horrific accounts of what has occurred to those "unassuming‚ long suffering‚ unassertive and submissive" peoples of the Indies that "are with out without malice or guile‚ and are utterly faithful and obedient both to their own native lords and to the Spainards in whose service
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1. A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies The view of Las Casas in relation to the Spanish treatment of the indigenous people of the Indies was humanly considering all of the savagery and horrible acts going on. After the killings of innocent people‚ depopulation of villages and kingdoms-Las Casas went to the royal court of Spain to tell the Emperor about the slaughtering’s caused by the colonizers. Las Casas also published the summary ‘A Short Account of the West Indies’ which in the title
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After reading the short text called “A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies‚” by Bartolomé de Las Casas‚ I was surprised at the brutality and coldheartedness of the Spaniards towards the Indian natives. I knew that they did some horrible things from previous history classes and what not‚ but actually reading about some of the specific things they did was a bit hard to take in. An example of this is the following quote: “And thus pregnant and nursing women and children and old persons and
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2010 CMLT277 The Contributions and Perceptions of Bartolome de Las Casas After reading Carlos Fuentes’ book‚ “The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World”‚ he devoted a section to Bartolome de Las Casas which allowed the reader to capture his unique perspective (32-38). In the introductory text before the reading of “The Brief History of the Destruction of the Indies” (as read in class)‚ Bartolome de Las Casas is viewed as a devoted Saint and missionary that was an activist
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