Project Gutenberg 2007-11-24 Public domain in the USA. 64 Knight, Alice J. 18000288 Las Casas: "The Apostle of the Indies" Reading ease score: 69.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Last Edit of Project Info "Las Casas: 'The Apostle of the Indies'" by Alice J. Knight is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book serves as a biography of Bartolomé de Las Casas, a Spanish Dominican friar who became a passionate advocate for the rights of the Indigenous peoples of the New World. It highlights Las Casas's moral journey from a young colonist seeking wealth to becoming a protector of the oppressed natives against exploitation and violence. At the start of the text, we learn about Bartolomé's early life in Seville and the influences that shaped his character, including the significant historical events surrounding the Age of Exploration. The opening chapters set the stage for Las Casas transitioning from a typical participant in colonial endeavors—holding and utilizing Indigenous slaves for his gain—to eventually recognizing the inherent injustices in this practice. His encounters with the horrific treatment of the natives and his eventual decision to fight against slavery highlight his transformation into a fervent advocate for justice and compassion towards the Indigenous populations in the Americas. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1474-1566 E011 Text Browsing: History - American 150575 150571 2024-10-10T09:06:22.005189 2023-09-10T11:30:08.516799 text/html text/html 149959 2007-11-24T16:58:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 157092 2007-11-24T16:58:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 242148 2024-10-10T09:06:28.655139 application/epub+zip 241261 2024-10-10T09:06:25.390196 application/epub+zip 116012 2024-10-10T09:06:24.134177 application/epub+zip 410550 2024-10-10T09:06:31.199159 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389558 2024-10-10T09:06:27.874201 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 190980 2022-09-11T06:18:27.995254 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 135311 135066 2024-10-10T09:06:21.325221 2023-09-10T11:30:08.172791 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 135100 2007-11-24T16:58:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 49780 2007-11-24T16:58:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 135091 2007-11-24T16:58:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 49742 2007-11-24T16:58:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20533 2024-10-10T09:06:31.329118 application/rdf+xml 17553 2024-10-10T09:06:24.691175 image/jpeg 3974 2024-10-10T09:06:24.413143 image/jpeg 234075 2024-10-10T09:06:22.025163 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog