Question

1. How does Las Casas describe Native Americans and how does he contrast them with the Spanish colonists

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Although there are no options attached, we can say the following.

We are talking about Spanish Dominican priest Bartolomé de las Casas. He described Native Americans as very poor people that suffered under the slavery of the rich Spaniards. He contrasted them with the Spanish colonists in that they lived two totally different lives. While the native Indians barely survived working long hours in the farming fields growing crops, the rich Spaniards lived an opulent life of luxuries and felt they were superior to the Indians.

Indeed, Bartolomé de las Casas was one of the first Spanish priests to expose the injustices of the slavery system in the Americas. He supported the idea of the abolition of slavery for all the wrongdoings it had. Unfortunately, his ideas had no echo at all.