Bartolomé de las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas

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