Bartolome de Las Casa - A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies Preparer’s notes: 1) Though the original title does not appear in this version‚ this is (apart from the preface) a translation of: "Brevisima relacion de la destruccíon de las Indias"‚ by Bartolome de las Casas‚ originally published in Seville in 1552. 2) The original archaic spelling and punctuation has been retained] POPERY Truly Display’d in its Bloody Colours: Or‚ a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled
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One of the stated purposes for writing the account was Las Casas’s fear of Spain coming under divine punishment and his concern for the souls of the native peoples. The account was one of the first attempts by a Spanish writer of the colonial era to depict the unfair treatment that the indigenous people endured during the early stages of the Spanish conquest of the Greater Antilles‚ particularly the island of Hispaniola. Las Casas’s point of view can be described as being heavily against some of
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horrific accounts of what has occurred to those "unassuming‚ long suffering‚ unassertive and submissive" peoples of the Indies that "are with out without malice or guile‚ and are utterly faithful and obedient both to their own native lords and to the Spainards in whose service they now find themselves" (Las Casas‚ 10). As a god-fearing man of the priesthood‚ I utterly deplore the use of my Christian faith as a ruse of the Spaniards in the Indies to justify their agenda of greed and destruction. <br> <br>It
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These accounts represent a first hand account of the conquistadores’ deeds and experiences. de las Casas‚ Bartolomÿe. A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies. Ed. and Trans. Nigel Griffin. London: Penguin Books‚ 2004. Bartolome de las Casas‚ a Dominican friar‚ wrote A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies to illustrate the mistreatment and brutalities committed against the indigenous population
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A brief Destruction of the Indies Bartolome’ De Las Casas stated that "those who have traveled to this part of the world pretending to be Christians have uprooted these pitiful peoples and wiped them from the face of the earth (Las Casas‚ 12). After reading the horrific accounts of what has occurred to those long suffering‚ undeserving people of the Indies that "are with out without malice or guile‚ and are utterly faithful and obedient both to their own native lords and to the Spainards in whose
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1. A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies The view of Las Casas in relation to the Spanish treatment of the indigenous people of the Indies was humanly considering all of the savagery and horrible acts going on. After the killings of innocent people‚ depopulation of villages and kingdoms-Las Casas went to the royal court of Spain to tell the Emperor about the slaughtering’s caused by the colonizers. Las Casas also published the summary ‘A Short Account of the West Indies’ which in the title
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A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies is an document that shows the truth of Indian life during the time they was ruled by Europeans‚ or Spaniards more precisely. Whether the arrivals of them in the Americas was beneficial or harmful to the human race may take a long discussion and is dependable on different people’s thought. From my perspectives‚ that result has both negative and positive to human races‚ and each is for the past and the future. It cannot be denied that the appearance
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entitled “Bartolomé de las Casas‚ from Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies.” Bartolomé de las Casas‚ who spent most of his time in the New World protecting the native people that lived there‚ authored the document in 1542. The main reason for the writing of the document was to portray the devastation of the crimes made by Spaniards against the Indians who inhabited the islands of the Indies. The author wrote this document as an objective account of how the Spaniards‚ upon their discovery
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Spanish occupation of the Indies. In A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies‚ Casas provides a scathing commentary on the cruelty exercised by the Spanish colonizers on the natives of Hispaniola—as well as explain the aims that motivated this behavior. The account acts as not only an observation on the practices of the colonizers‚ but is also a reflection of the imperial policies of the Spanish Empire. Through writing A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies‚ Casas aims at bringing
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Analysis: This document is based on the excerpt “Destruction of the Indies” by Bartolome de Las Casas. Bartolome de Las Casas was a 16th century Spanish historian arriving as one of the first settlers in the New World he participated in and eventually compelled to oppose the atrocities that were committed against the Native Americans by the Spanish colonists. In his famous writing “Destruction of the Indies” Bartolome de Las Casas gives a detailed account of the violence and the atrocities of the Spaniards
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