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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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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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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Chapter 1- Document 3 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
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because of the copious amounts of lumber‚ cotton‚ and coal. Bartelomé de Las Casas‚ a Dominican friar‚ went to the new world as a bishop where he witnessed the poor treatment of the Native people. This lead him to publish the Apologetic History of the Indies where he argued against the corruption of the Native Americans innocence and of their lands by the Spanish colonists. Casas’ main arguments for why Native Americans
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Upon reading the devastation of the Indies‚ it is apparent that many ailments of prejudice existed in those times of newly discovered lands and territories unchartered to the Europeans. Those of racism towards an unfamiliar people‚ a sense of Heathenism assumed upon the Native American civilization‚ and the brutal savagery demonstrated against the peaceful Native American Indians of this "new world." In the brief account from a sympathetic eyewitness‚ we see these horrible prejudices manifested
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RR-10/01/10 The Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies Bartolomé De Las Casas describes many horrific actions carried out by Spanish Christians against Indians living on the island of The Hispaniola in between the mid-16th and early 17th century. Bartolome De Las Casas was a 16th century Spanish priest‚ made famous for his advocacy of the rights of Native Americans. Las Casas lived from 1484 to July 17th‚ 1556. He is the Author of The Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies published in
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