Western Civilization I / Unit 16 WC1 1515 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Las Casas, the New Laws, and Valladolid
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The idea
Bartolome de Las Casas, a Dominican who had held an encomienda, denounced the conquest's cruelty; the New Laws of fifteen forty-two curbed the encomienda, and at Valladolid he debated whether Indians could be enslaved. His opponent's name is a course disclosure.
In practice
Curbed on paper; colonists resisted.
Where people slip
This entry rests on the witness texts. The anchor omits Las Casas.
Your place on the trail
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