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  2. Bartolomé de las Casas - Wikipedia

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    Bartolomé de las Casas, OP (US: / l ɑː s ˈ k ɑː s ə s / lahss KAH-səss; Spanish: [baɾtoloˈme ðe las ˈkasas] ⓘ; 11 November 1484 [1] – 18 July 1566) was a Spanish clergyman, writer, and activist best known for his work as an historian and social reformer.

  3. A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies - Wikipedia

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    A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies [2] [3] (Spanish: Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias) is an account written by the Spanish Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas in 1542 (published in 1552) about the mistreatment of and atrocities committed against the indigenous peoples of the Americas in colonial times and sent to then Prince Philip II of Spain.

  4. Timeline of Christian missions - Wikipedia

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    1513 – In Cuba, Bartolomé de las Casas is ordained (possibly the first ordination in the New World). Soon thereafter, Las Casas will renounce all claims to his Indian serfs; 1515 – Portuguese missionary Francisco Álvares is sent on a diplomatic mission to Dawit II, the Negus or Emperor of Abyssinia (an old name for Ethiopia)

  5. Christianity in the 16th century - Wikipedia

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    1502 – Bartolomé de las Casas, who will later become an ardent defender of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, goes to Cuba. For his military services there he will be given an encomienda , an estate that included the services of the indigenous peoples of the Americas living on it.

  6. Protector of the Indians - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of Bartolomé de Las Casas (c.1484 - 1566). Protector of the Indians (Spanish: Protectoría de Los Indios) was an administrative office of the Spanish colonies that deemed themselves responsible for attending to the well-being of the native populations by providing detailed witness accounts of mistreatment in an attempt to relay their struggles and a voice speaking on their behalf in ...

  7. Lewis Hanke - Wikipedia

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    Lewis Hanke (January 2, 1905 – March 26, 1993) was an American historian of colonial Latin America best known for his writings on the Spanish conquest of Latin America. . Hanke presented a revisionist narrative of colonial history that focused on the role of Bartolomé de las Casas, who famously advocated for the rights of Native Americans, and searched for just resolutions to the tensions ...

  8. History of the Catholic Church in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    In 1989 he founded the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Center of Human Rights, as a step to push back against violence against indigenous and poor peasants. [163] When the 1994 rebellion in Chiapas erupted, Ruiz was named as a mediator between the Zapatista Army of National Liberation and the Mexican government. His role was a significant ...

  9. De thesauris in Peru - Wikipedia

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    De Thesauris in Peru is a treatise by Spanish Dominican priest and reformer Bartolomé de las Casas (1484 – July 17, 1566), who was the first resident Bishop of Chiapas. In it, one of his last works before his death, he vigorously defended the rights of the native peoples of Peru against the slavery imposed by the early Spanish Conquest . [ 1 ]