Friday, January 8, 2010

Bartholome de Las Casas, 1474-1566

WAS HE AHEAD OF HIS TIME?

“How much damage, how many calamities, disruptions and devastations of kingdoms have there been? How many souls have perished in the West Indies over the years and how unjustly? How many unforgivable sins have been committed? ... What we committed in the West Indies stands out among the most unpardonable offenses ever committed against God and mankind....”

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