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The 22 pages that link to Bartolomé de las Casas, each with the reason it gives.

• Spanish colonization of the AmericasRelated: His writings made colonial violence a subject of debate within Spain.

• Spanish EmpireRelated: His advocacy helped prompt debate and reform of colonial labor and governance.

• EncomiendaRelated: His advocacy helped spur Crown debate and reform of encomienda practices.

• Dominican OrderBroader topic: His advocacy illustrates a Dominican engagement with colonial injustice.

• Black LegendRelated: His vivid denunciations became central evidence in later anti-Spanish portrayals.

• Francisco PizarroCompared with: His criticism contrasts with the justifications used by conquerors such as Pizarro.

• Council of the IndiesRelated: His petitions and arguments brought colonial abuses before royal authorities, including the Council.

• Catholic missionsRelated: His advocacy exposed tensions between missionary aims and colonial violence.

• Francisco de VitoriaRelated: Like Vitoria, Las Casas challenged justifications for conquest, though he pursued the controversy through different venues.

• New Laws of 1542Related: His advocacy helped press the Crown to reform colonial rule and protect Indigenous communities.

• ColonizationRelated: His writings exposed violence within Spanish colonization and influenced debates over Indigenous rights.

• Richard HakluytCompared with: His denunciations expose colonial harms that Hakluyt’s promotional arguments largely subordinated to English interests.

• ConquistadorRelated: His testimony and advocacy brought abuses associated with conquest and colonization into public debate.

• PintaRelated: His preserved account is a key source for reconstructing the first voyage.

• Church historyRelated: His advocacy exposes the moral conflicts within Christian expansion and colonial rule.

• Diego Velázquez de CuéllarRelated: His accounts describe the brutality of Spanish conquest and colonization in Cuba.

• Gustavo GutiérrezRelated: Gutiérrez wrote extensively about his defense of Indigenous people and its religious foundations.

• Martín Alonso PinzónRelated: His history preserves an influential account of Columbus’s voyage and Pinzón’s part in it.

• Agüeybaná IIRelated: His accounts provide an influential Spanish perspective on early Caribbean conquest.

• Diego ColumbusRelated: Las Casas’s accounts illuminate the colonial society governed by Diego and his officials.

• History of colonialismRelated: His writings exposed colonial violence and influenced debates over Spanish rule.

• William H. PrescottRelated: His writings offered Prescott testimony on the violence and morality of Spanish conquest.