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How did Bartolomé de las Casas initially participate in colonization?
As a slave owner and colonizer
As a missionary
As a soldier
As a trader
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Bartolomé de las Casas initially participated in colonization as a slave owner and colonizer. He came to the New World in 1502 and served as a priest in Hispaniola from 1502 to 1514. During this time, he owned a plantation and enslaved indigenous people. However, he became disillusioned with the system of slavery and began to advocate for the rights of indigenous people.
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