I am Bartolomé de Las Casas, and I am a very important man in the history of the Americas, and the natives of its land. My work in the natives’ freedom gave me the name “Defender of the Indians,” and, by some, was called the “father of anti-imperialism and anti-racism.”
I was born in 1474, in Seville and my family was closely tied to the family of Christopher Columbus. Because of this, I went to the New World when I was rather young, and I did so dozens of times throughout my life. As a young boy…
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