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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Las Casas , Bartolome de 1474 -1566 (search)
Las Casas, Bartolome de 1474-1566
Missionary; born in Seville, Spain, in 1474.
His father was a companion of Columbus in his two earlier voyages, and in the seeond one he took this son, then a there ordained a priest, in 1510, and gave the name to the island in compliment to his order.
Las Casas was chaplain to Velasquez when the latter conquered Cuba, and did much to alleviate the suffer three monks to correct abuses.
Their services were not satisfactory, and, returning to Spain, Las Casas was appointed Universal Protector of the Indies.
Seeing the few negroes who were in Santo Dom is benevolent proposition gave rise to a lucrative traffic, and a perversion of the purpose of Las Casas, and he obtained from Charles V. a grant of a large domain on the coast of Venezuela, for the r of the Spanish Court undertook to justify the conduct of the Spaniards towards the natives.
Las Casas, in selfdefence, wrote a work upon the natives, which contained many particulars of the cruelt
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Slavery. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)