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Which indigenous culture did Bartolomé de las Casas serve as a missionary among?
The Inca
The Maya of Guatemala
The Aztecs
The Navajo
Answer
Bartolomé de las Casas was a Spanish priest and a Dominican friar. He served as a missionary among the Maya of Guatemala, where he witnessed and protested the brutality of the Spanish conquest. He was one of the first Europeans to advocate for the rights of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, and his writings helped to inspire the movement to abolish slavery.
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