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Bartolomé de Las Casas was once described by the great liberator Simón Bolívar as “a
friend of humanity who with such fervor and determination denounced to his government
and his contemporaries the most horrific acts of that sanguineous frenzy.”1 Las Casas, a
sixteenth century Spanish historian and Dominican missionary, is considered by many as
the first person to expose and call for the abolition of the Spanish enslavement of the
Indians in America. For almost sixty years, Las Casas confronted statesmen, potent
churchmen, mighty kings, powerful encomenderos, and many others in his search for a
better treatment for the Indians in America
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