Bartolomé de las Casas and the Conquest of the AmericasISBN: 978-1-4051-9427-3
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208 pages
January 2011, Wiley-Blackwell
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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.
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