(August 1474\u2013July 17, 1566), was called \u201cthe Apostle of the Indies,\u201d as he was one of the first Christian missionaries to minister to the Indians of Latin America. The first priest ordained in the New World, Las Casas became known for his devotion to the oppressed and enslaved natives. He wrote Apologetic History of the Indies (Apologetica Historia de las Indias),<\/i> 1530, which exposed the oppression of the Indians in the forced labor \u201cEncomienda\u201d system and influenced Madrid to enact the New Laws, 1542, in the interest of Indian welfare. He also provided a great literary service by copying Columbus\u2019 original Journal of the First Voyage (El Libro de la Primera Navegacion)<\/i> into an abstract.<\/p>\n
In his Apologetic History of the Indies,<\/i> 1530, Bartolom\u00e9 de Las Casas stated:<\/p>\n
It clearly appears that there are no races in the world, however rude, uncultivated, barbarous, gross, or almost brutal they may be, who cannot be persuaded and brought to a good order and way of life, and made domestic, mild and tractable, provided \u2026 the method that is proper and natural to men is used; that is, love and gentleness and kindness.66<\/p>\n
In the prologue of his book, Historia de las Indias,<\/i> written 1550\u201363, translated by Rachel Phillips, Bartolom\u00e9 de Las Casas stated:<\/p>\n
The main goal of divine Providence in the discovery of these tribes and lands \u2026 is \u2026 the conversion and well-being of souls, and to this goal everything temporal must necessarily be subordinated and directed.67<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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