Bartolomé de las Casas: The Priest Who Fought to Free Native American and Proposed the Enslavement of Africans in Their Place
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Few historical figures are as complex and controversial as Bartolomé de las Casas. Celebrated as one of the earliest defenders of Indigenous rights in the Americas, he spent much of his life condemning Spanish brutality against Native peoples. Yet he is also remembered for something far less admirable: his early support for the importation of […] TalkAfricana
