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A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

Name: A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
Author: Bartolomé de las Casas

Bartolomé de las Casas Original title Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias (Spanish, 1552)

A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies is an account written by the Spanish Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas in 1542 about the mistreatment of and atrocities committed against the indigenous peoples of the Americas in colonial times and sent to then Prince Philip II of Spain.

“And why have you burnt our Gods, when others are brought from other Regions by the Spaniards? Are the Gods of other Provinces more sacred than ours?”

Bartolomé de las Casas book A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

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