How Did Bartolome De Las Casas Influence The Views Of Race Relations

Race Relations Different race relations became a reoccurring problem in history. What does race relations mean? It is the connection among members of two or more human races, especially within a single community. Authors come from a variety of circumstances and sometimes these circumstances can influence their views of race relations. Bartolome de Las Casas had been in the military, ordained as a priest and then later became a Dominican friar. He owned slaves, participated in slave raids and military expeditions. Bartolome eventually gave up his claims on his Indian serfs and went on several voyages to Spain hoping to find new towns where the Spaniards and Indians would be able to live together peacefully and in equality. Bartolome de Las Casas became a driving force behind the passage in 1542 of laws prohibiting Indian slavery and safeguarding the rights of the Indians. He devoted the rest of his life to speaking and writing on behalf of the Indians (Casas, 1542). Andrew Jackson was an American statesman and had been in the militia. He was known for his use of violence when it came to expanding the

Then later in de Las Casas life he realized the way the Native Americans were being treated and killed was wrong. Bartolome then shared Helen Hunt Jackson’s views and both became activists for the Native Americans. Andrew Jackson thought that if they were set apart from the white settlers this would allow them to eventually become a more civilized, interesting community and they would no longer be savages. Although there are over 339 years from the time Bartolome de Las Casas wrote Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies and Helen Hunt Jackson wrote A Century of Dishonor not much seemed to change as far as race relations with the Indians. An author’s view of race relations can change or be influenced by a variety of