Bartolomé de Las Casas
1484 - born in Seville on the 24th of August.
1502 - He emigrated to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
1512 - He became a priest eight years later, and served as a missionary to the Arawak of Cuba.
1520-1521 - His attempt to create a more equitable colonial society in Venezuela was sabotaged by his colonial neighbors, who were able to incite a native rebellion against him.
1522 - He joined the Dominican Order.
1542 - He later changed his mind about this when he saw the effects of slavery on Africans. Largely due to his efforts, the New Laws were adopted to protect the Indians in colonies.
1550 - Las Casas returned to Spain and was eventually able to bring about the great debate of in Valladolid between himself and the advocate for the colonists, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda.
- His published accounts are central documents in the "Black Legend" of Spanish colonial atrocities. They influenced the essayist Montaigne's views of the New World.
1566 - Died on the 17th of July.
Related Books
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Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolome de Las Casas (Paperback - Sep 8, 1999)  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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An Account, Much Abbreviated, of the Destruction of the Indies, and Related Texts by Franklin W. Knight and Andrew Hurley (Paperback - Sep 30, 2003) Fifty years after the arrival of Columbus, at the height of Spain's conquest of the West Indies, Spanish bishop and colonist Bartolomé de las Casas dedicated his BrevÃsima Relación de la... |
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In Defense of the Indians: The Defense of the Most Reverend Lord, Don Fray Bartolome De Las Casas, of the Order of Preachers, Late Bishop of Chiapa, by Bartolome De Las Casas and Bartolome De Las Casas (Paperback - Apr 30, 1992) Usually ships in 24 hours |
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All Mankind Is One: A Study of the Disputation Between Bartolome De Las Casas and Juan Gines De Sepulveda in 1550 on the Intellectual and Religious by Lewis Hanke (Paperback - Dec 1, 1994) Table of ContentsI. The Nature of the American Indians According to the SpaniardsThe Controversy up to 1550The Bull Sublimis DeusShould Indians Be Educated?The Retraction of Domingo de Betanzos"A... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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A Voice in the Wilderness: The Story of Bartolome de Las Casas by Gerald Kinneavy (Paperback - Jul 25, 2007) A tale of horrendous genocide and the heroic efforts of Bartolomé de Las Casas to stop it!As Kinneavy narrates the Las Casas story and the barbaric colonial enterprise of New World Spain, he enters...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Another Face of Empire: Bartolomé de Las Casas, Indigenous Rights, and Ecclesiastical Imperialism (Latin America Otherwise) by Daniel Castro and Daniel Castro (Paperback - Jan 30, 2007) The Spanish cleric Bartolomé de Las Casas is a key figure in the history of Spain’s conquest of the Americas. Las Casas condemned the torture and murder of natives by theconquistadoresin... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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