The Christians seized all the maize the locals of Nicaragua had grown for themselves and their own families and, as a consequence, some twenty or thirty thousand natives died of hunger, some mothers even killing their own children and eating them.
It clearly appears that there are no races in the world, however rude, uncultivated, barbarous, gross, or almost brutal they may be, who cannot be pe… - Bartolome De Las Casas
It clearly appears that there are no races in the world, however rude, uncultivated, barbarous, gross, or almost brutal they may be, who cannot be pe…
- Bartolome De Las Casas
The main goal of divine Providence in [allowing] the discovery of these tribes and lands . . . is . . . the conversion and well-being of souls, and t… - Bartolome De Las Casas
The main goal of divine Providence in [allowing] the discovery of these tribes and lands . . . is . . . the conversion and well-being of souls, and t…
Later, a large band of Christians mounted an attack on this native lord, butchering him along with vast numbers of his people and taking all the surv… - Bartolome De Las Casas
Later, a large band of Christians mounted an attack on this native lord, butchering him along with vast numbers of his people and taking all the surv…
I write ... in order to help ensure that the teeming millions in the New World, for whose sins Christ gave His life, do not continue to die in ignora… - Bartolome De Las Casas
I write ... in order to help ensure that the teeming millions in the New World, for whose sins Christ gave His life, do not continue to die in ignora…
The one and only method of teaching men the true religion was established by Divine Providence for the whole world, and for all times: that is, by pe… - Bartolome De Las Casas
The one and only method of teaching men the true religion was established by Divine Providence for the whole world, and for all times: that is, by pe…
Island of Hispaniola once so populous (having a population that I estimated to be more than three million), has now a population of barely two hundre… - Bartolome De Las Casas
Island of Hispaniola once so populous (having a population that I estimated to be more than three million), has now a population of barely two hundre…
The reason the Christians have murdered on such a vast scale and killed anyone and everyone in their way is purely and simply greed. - Bartolome De Las Casas
The reason the Christians have murdered on such a vast scale and killed anyone and everyone in their way is purely and simply greed.
The Christians seized all the maize the locals of Nicaragua had grown for themselves and their own families and, as a consequence, some twenty or thi… - Bartolome De Las Casas
The Christians seized all the maize the locals of Nicaragua had grown for themselves and their own families and, as a consequence, some twenty or thi…
"The pattern established at the outset has remained to this day, and the Spaniards still do nothing save tear the natives to shreds, murder them and … - Bartolome De Las Casas
"The pattern established at the outset has remained to this day, and the Spaniards still do nothing save tear the natives to shreds, murder them and …
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