Another Face of Empire. Bartolomé de las Casas, indigenous Rights

The spanish cleric Bartolomé de las Casas is a key figure in the history od Spain´s conquest of Americas. De las Casas condemned the torture and murder of natives by the conquerors in several reports to the Spanish royal court. Here the author provides a revisionist assessment of the friar´s career, writings, and political activities of De las Casas, and argues that he was very much than an imperialist.