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Destruction Of The Indies Summary

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A short account of the Destruction of the Indies tells us about the murders and the hoarding of gold that took place in the New World. It was published in 1552, and was published in the Spanish Empire. It tells about many events that happened when the Spaniards came to the new world. Although the Spaniards were sent to spread Christianity and save them, the Spaniards went over their and murdered many natives for their gold. The Spaniards were ruthless. Out of all the gold they stole from the natives, only a small percentage was actually given to the Spanish purse. The natives were docile, and welcomed the Spaniards into their homes, only to be treated horribly and murdered. The Spanish conquistadors treated the people of the New World completely awful. They had no respect for any of their lives, and would do anything to them in exchange for …show more content…

He was one of the Spanish himself, but he still disagreed with the way the Spaniards were treating the natives. He knew what the Spaniards were originally sent to the New World for, and they completely did the opposite. He wanted them to convert the natives to Christianity, but instead they murdered and tortured the innocent people. He was a preacher, so he did not approve of these actions. He wanted something changed, so he wrote about it, and I do not think the image he gave the Spaniards was unfair. They deserved the image that he portrayed. It was not a bias opinion either, because like the murderers, he was a Spaniard. It does not get more fair in my opinion, they did these awful things, so they should be looked at as awful people, and that is exactly what Las Casas did, he showed them for who they really were. It does not matter if they did not do everything he said, they still killed innocent people, it doesn’t matter how they did it. Many people might say he exaggerated, but he thought it was wrong, and he wanted something

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