What did Bartolomé de las Casas lobby for upon returning to Spain?
Abolition of the encomienda
Higher taxes
More colonial power
The Spanish throne
Answer
Upon returning to Spain, Bartolomé de las Casas lobbied for the abolition of the encomienda, which was a system of forced labor used by the Spanish colonists to exploit the indigenous peoples of the Americas. De las Casas believed that the encomienda was morally wrong and that it was leading to the destruction of the indigenous peoples.
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