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Las Casas, Bartolomé de
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known as the Apostle of the Indians
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[las kahsas]
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| Missionary, born in Seville, SW Spain. He sailed in the third voyage of Columbus (1502) to Hispaniola, was ordained (1512), and travelled to Cuba (1513). His desire to protect the natives from slavery led him to visit the Spanish court on several occasions. Appointed Bishop of Chiapa, he was received (1544) with hostility by the colonists, returned to Spain, and resigned his see (1547). His most important work is the unfinished Historia de las Indias (1875–6). |
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