Bartolomé de las Casas and the defense of Amerindian rights [electronic resource] : a brief history with documents / edited by Lawrence A. Clayton and David M. Lantigua.

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"This is a reader devoted to the life and writings of Bartolomé de las Casas (1485-1566), and the effects of his legacy on the age of the Encounter when Europeans-principally but not exclusively Spaniards-conquered the Americas. Las Casas is arguably the most important figure of the Encounter Age a...

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Main Author: Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566 (Author)
Other Authors: Clayton, Lawrence A. (Editor)
Lantigua, David M. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2020]
Series:Atlantic crossings
Subjects:
Casas, Bartolomé de las, > 1484-1566 > Translations into English.
Casas, Bartolomé de las, > 1484-1566.
Dominicans > Spain > Biography.
Indians, Treatment of > Latin America > History > Sources.
Slavery > America > History > 16th century > Sources.
Slave trade > America > History > 16th century > Sources.
America > Discovery and exploration > Spanish > Sources.
Genre:
Translations into English.
Biography.
Sources.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2020 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2020 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Defense of Amerindian Rights: A Brief History with Documents
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • "At two hours after midnight the land appeared" : Christopher Columbus's first voyage to America, 1492-1493
  • "Everyone was amazed to catch sight of ... things they had never dreamed or heard" : History of the Indies, 1493
  • "The Spaniards were guilty of the very same thing they accused the Indians of" : History of the Indies, ca. 1503-1509
  • "There I saw such great cruelties" : An account, much abbreviated, of the destruction of the Indies, 1542
  • "And so he had them burned alive" : An account, much abbreviated, of the destruction of the Indies, ca. 1540s
  • "My one motive in dictating this book" : prologue to the History of the Indies, 1552
  • "Enslavement of blacks was every bit as unjust as that of the Indians" : History of the Indies, ca. 1550-1560
  • "By what right and with what justice?" History of the Indies, 1511
  • "The preservation ...of the Indians, has always been the primary purpose of our policy" : New Laws of 1542, Council of the Indies
  • "For everyone to accept our faith, he or she must have ...a clear liberty of choice" : Twenty reasons against the Encomienda, 1552
  • "Our Christian religion is equal for all ...and does not deprive any of their liberty" : History of the Indies, 1527-1561
  • "The one and only way" : The only way of attracting all peoples to the true religion, ca. 1534
  • "If they refuse to listen, we must go to other places" : In defense of the Indians, 1550-1552
  • "All humankind is one" : Apologetic history, 1527-1561
  • "Those Indians ...should not be deprived of freedom" : Sublimis Deus, Pope Paul III, 1537
  • "Good-bye, Aristotle!" In defense of the Indians, 1550-1552
  • "Every nation ...has the right to defend itself" : In defense of the Indians, 1550-1552
  • "Liberty is an innate right of all human beings" : On royal power, ca. 1560s
  • "Infidels rightly have ownership of their goods" : Certain principles, 1552
  • "The same right" : On the treasures of Peru, 1563
  • "War of this kind is unjust" : The only way of attracting all peoples to the true religion, ca. 1534
  • "Those peoples had never attacked, nor committed injury, nor war" : History of the Indies, ca. 1550-1560
  • "Every single person has to give consent" : On the treasures of Peru, 1563
  • "It is not my business to pass judgment on those outside" : In defense of the Indians, 1550-1552
  • "Help to the oppressed against their oppressors" : On the treasures of Peru, 1563
  • "Those Indians whose rights I have defended till my death" : Petition to His Holiness Pope Pius V, 1566