Bartolome+de+Las+Casas



Bartolome de Las Casas- Born in 1474- sailed with Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo to the new world. At 36 he became the first priest consecrated in the New World (New Spain). He then went to Cuba were he gained a reputation as the protector of the Natives. Aside from his protector reputation Bartolome de Las Cassas was an established writer his best known piece of work was a history of the Americas. De Las Casas was a writer and a humanitarian and although he was not successful during his lifetime he paved the road to humanitarian thought.

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