Fifty years after the arrival of Columbus, at the height of Spain's conquest of the West Indies, Spanish bishop and colonist Bartolomé de Las Casas dedicated h

A Spanish friar documents the brutal treatment of Caribbean natives at the hands of colonial authorities in the sixteenth century. After traveling to the New Wo

In "A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies," Bartolomé de las Casas presents a harrowing exposé of the atrocities committed against Indigenous

Separating historical reality from myth, this book provides a nuanced, revisionist assessment of the friar's career, writings, and political activities.