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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (4196)3/22/2002 12:47:17 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 21057
 
I just did a cursory search, so I know there is more, but this will do. Yes, it was a mixed bag. However, by and large the missionaries that came into Spanish America deplored mistreatment, as far as I have ever read:

The Abuses of colonial exploitation--especially in the Americas the conquerors sought their fortunes in gold, spices, sugar and coffee. As they emerged on the continent they brought their European diseases; i.e., measles, smallpox and TB. Natives were forced to work in the mines and quickly the Indian population was all but decimated. The Dominican priests complained about the ill treatment of the Indians which angered the settlers that took it to a Spanish court. The court ruled in favor of the priests insisting that Indians be treated as free men and that their masters should be treated in a Christian manner.

b. Bartolome de Las Casas--a Dominican priest, who once exploited the Indians himself, had a change of heart and became one of their strongest supporters. He devoted his life to getting the king of Spain and the pope to making laws against mistreatment and forced conversion to Catholicism. Thanks to him Paul III wrote a bull in 1537 A.D. that affirmed that Indians were free men and could not be forced into conversion. In 1540 A.D., Bartolome wrote a very Brief Narrative of the Destruction of the Indians. Because of his stance on the Indians the settlers forced him to return to Spain. Because of his and others challenges on living out the Gospel with the Natives some headway was made to treat them more humanely, but it was also a time when the colonies were filling the coffers of the king and he wasn't really into stopping that. So the Indians continued to be enslaved and they continued to die.

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