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A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

Paperback • 1992 • English

A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

By Bartolomé de las Casas

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About the book

Bartolome de Las Casas was the first and fiercest critic of Spanish colonialism in the New World. An early traveller to the Americas who sailed on one of Columbus's voyages, Las Casas was so horrified by the wholesale massacre he witnessed that he dedicated his life to protecting the Indian community. He wrote A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies in 1542, a shocking catalogue of mass slaughter, torture and slavery, which showed that the evangelizing vision of Columbus had descended u...Show more

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9780140445626

Publisher

Penguin Classics

Published year

1992

Language

English

Original title

A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

Format

Paperback

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