“And never have the Indians in all the Indies committed any act against the Spanish Christians, until those Christians have first and many times committed countless cruel aggressions against them or against neighboring nations.”

— Bartolomé de las Casas

History of the Indies (1561)

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Spanish Dominican friar, historian, and social reformer 1474–1566

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