How did Bartolomé de las Casas view Native American slaves?
As equally wronged as African and white slaves
As necessary for colonialism
As bearers of civilization
As less than human
Answer
Bartolomé de las Casas was a Spanish Dominican friar who campaigned to improve the treatment of Native Americans in the Spanish colonies in the Americas. He argued that Native Americans were equally wronged as African and white slaves, and that their enslavement was a sin. He also argued that the Spanish should convert Native Americans to Christianity peacefully, rather than by force.
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