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Bartolomé de las Casas and the Conquest of the AmericasISBN: 978-1-4051-9428-0
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206 pages
January 2011, ©2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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List of Illustrations
Series Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Timeline
Introduction
1. The Era of Columbus and the “Discoverers”
Modern interpretations
Conquest of La Española
2. Justice for All
Discovering his calling
Father Montesinos’ sermon
Las Casas goes to Cuba
To Spain
Meeting Ferdinand
3. Social Experiments: The Hieronymite Mission and the Universal Protector of All the Indians
4. The Era of the Conquests of Mexico and Peru, 1520s–1540s
Seville, autumn, 1520
The conquest of Mexico
5. The New Laws of 1542 and Bishop of Chiapa
Laying the groundwork
Bishop of Chiapa
6. “All Mankind is One”: On the Nature of Humans, Servitude, and Slavery
Bartolomé de las Casas and the African slave trade
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index