Bartolomé de las Casas and 500 Years of Racial Injustice

Bartolomé de las Casas, sickened by the exploitation and physical degradation of the indigenous peoples in the Spanish colonies of the Caribbean, gave up his extensive land holdings and slaves and traveled to his homeland in Spain in 1515 to petition the Spanish Crown to stop the abuses that European colonists were inflicting upon the natives of the New World. Written by Dani Anthony. Narration by Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle. An in-text version of this episode can be found at: https://origins.osu.edu/index.php/milestones/july-2015-bartolom-de-las-casas-and-500-years-racial-injustice