Bartolomé de Las Casas (c. 1484–July 18, 1566) was a Spanish Dominican friar who became famous for his defense of the rights of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. His brave stand against the horrors of the conquest and the colonization of the New World earned him the title “Defender of the Indigenous peoples."
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