Question

Why might de pas casas have spoken out against the encomieda empire

Answer 1

The institution of the encomienda as regards the colonization of America by the spaniards consisted  in puting a group of indians in the obligation of paying the equivalent of taxes; if the indians couldnt pay there were obliged to work. Father Bartolomé de las Casas deemed all the procedure very cruel, in particular the punishments upon non payment of the dues.