Bartolomé de las Casas and the Conquest of the AmericasLawrence A. Clayton This is a short history of the age of exploration and the conquest of the Americas told through the experience of Bartolomé de las Casas, a Dominican friar who fervently defended the American Indians, and the single most important figure of the period after Columbus.
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Adrian African slaves American Indians Americas Amerindians arrived Atlantic World Aztec Bartolomé Bishop of Chiapa Black Legend Burgos Cardinal Caribbean Casas continued Casas wrote Casas’s Castile century Charles Chiapa Christian Church Cisneros coast Columbus Conchillos conquest of Mexico conquistadors Córdoba Cortés Council Cuba Cumaná defending Dominican early Emperor empire encomenderos encomienda enslavement Española European evangelization exploration faith Father Ferdinand Fernández fleet Fonseca Franciscan Francisco friars Gattinara gold Governor Granada greed Guatemala Gustavo Gutiérrez Gutiérrez Hanke Hatuey Hernán Cortés Hieronymites Huerga human Inca Indies Isabel island Juan justice King land Las Casas's later Latin Laws Laws of Burgos Majesty Moctezuma modern Montesinos Muslims Narváez nature Nicaragua Obras completas Ovando Panama Parish Pedro Peru Pizarro Portuguese priest prophet Puerto Rico return to Spain sailed Santo Domingo Sauvage Scripture Sepúlveda settlers Seville slave trade slavery souls Spain Spaniards Spanish Tainos Tenochtitlán Tierra Firme University Press voyage warriors Yucatán