what did Bartolme de las casa want to explore
Bartolome de las casas
he eventually opposed all slavery
he came to new Spain to see how it was going and the people there were dying of diseases and overwork
Bartolome de Las Casas' childhood is unknown.
he revised laws regarding the use of African slaves
Bartolome de Las Casas was 92 years old when he died.
Bartolomé de las Casas strongly opposed the encomienda system (as it was called) and later came to oppose all forms of slavery, also of non-Indians.
Bartolome de Las Casas is a Spanish priest that traveled through New Spain working for reform.
Bartolome de las Casa was a Dominican friar and social reformer who fought for the rights of Native Americans under Spanish rule. He went before Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor to plead against slavery in the colonies. Ironically, his compassion was only for the Native slaves, and he was in part responsible for the transatlantic slave trade.
Casa de las Américas was created in 1959.
Spaniard.