A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies: Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and all manner of Cruelties, that Hell and Malice could invent, committed by the Popish Spanish Party on the inhabitants of West-India, TOGETHER With the Devastations of several Kingdoms in America by Fire and Sword, for the space of Forty and Two Years, from the time of its first Discovery by them.
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A short historical account by a Dominican friar who had himself been an encomendero. He describes decades of Spanish violence against the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, including massacres and enslavement, and opens with their earlier peaceful welcome of the newcomers.
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A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies: Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and all manner of Cruelties, that Hell and Malice could invent, committed by the Popish Spanish Party on the inhabitants of West-India, TOGETHER With the Devastations of several Kingdoms in America by Fire and Sword, for the space of Forty and Two Years, from the time of its first Discovery by them. is an ebook by Bartolomé de las Casas (1484–1566). This edition runs to roughly 101 pages, about 2 hours of reading at a typical pace.
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About the Author
Bartolomé de las Casas (1484–1566) has one book in the BigBookHub catalogue: A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies: Or, a f….
