Anika Kumar Ms. Orr English II H Bk. 7 9/29/2014 The Blind Man Sees the Clearest When Salvadoran native, Lucia Cerna, saw Spanish soldiers shooting several Jesuit priests, her life was blown out of proportion. As one of the few witnesses to the shootings, she was one of the only people who could confirm who the murderers really were. However, the governments of both El Salvador and the United States did not want this truth to get out. They lied and tried to cover up by blaming the shootings on
In “The Very Brief Relation of the Devastation of the Indies,” Bartolome De Las Casas uses his discoveries and writings as a way to show the readers the reality of how the Native Americans were being taken advantage of in some of the most appalling ways. Before the author had published his writings he was as much of a participant, in using and taking advantage of the Native Americans, as the rest of the Spaniards. It wasn’t until later that his views changed, and he realized that the way those innocent
should not be murdered. Andrew Jackson thought that the relocating the Indians is equally beneficial to the whites and Indians. Casas and Helen never stated in his assessment how to stop the murders, but they still wanted them stopped. Bartoleme de Las Casas made the point that millions of Indians were being cruelly murdered by the Spanish. Casas was very upset by the horrible way that sure a peaceful kind type of people was being so poorly treated. He talks about the Indians like they are children
and the World October 18, 2014 The Valladolid Debate And Why Charles V Chose To Support Bartolomé De Las Casas In 1550, King of Spain, Charles V (1500-1558), assembled a Junta (jury) of notable doctors and theologians in the Spanish city of Valladolid to hear two sides of a debate regarding the treatment of the native inhabitants of the Spanish empire in the New World. Bartolomé de las Casas (1474–1566), a Dominican friar and the Bishop of Chiapas, argued that the Natives in South
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies “...there have been above twelve million souls-- men, women, and children-- killed tyranny and unjustly, on account of the tyrannical actions and infernal works of Christians…” (Las Casas 7) The image above is a mural of large pair of hands and arms that binded with tree roots in the arms. One literal meaning of roots is “the basic cause, source, or origin of something.” I used this image in connection to A Short Account of the Destruction of the
Bartolome de Las Casas was born in 1474 in the Spanish town of Seville. He was first known as the protector of the Indians, but he also became an advocate of black Africans who had been brought to the Americas by the Spaniards as slaves. His opinions affected the attitudes in Europe. Bartolome de Las Casas believed that the Spanish conquistadors were mistreating the Native Americans. In 1514, he left for Spain to talk to the king. But when he got there he found out that King Ferdinand had passed