
audiobook
Translation of: Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias
Full title
A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and all manner of Cruelties, that Hell and Malice could invent, committed by the Popish Spanish Party on the inhabitants of West-India, TOGETHER With the Devastations of several Kingdoms in America by Fire and Sword, for the space of Forty and Two Years, from the time of its first Discovery by them. Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and all manner of Cruelties, that Hell and Malice could invent, committed by the Popish Spanish Party on the inhabitants of West-India, TOGETHER With the Devastations of several Kingdoms in America by Fire and Sword, for the space of Forty and Two Years, from the time of its first Discovery by them.
Language
en
Duration
~3 hours (180K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2007-01-09
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1484–1566
A fierce witness to the Spanish conquest, this Dominican friar turned from colonist to outspoken defender of Indigenous peoples in the Americas. His writings helped make the cruelties of empire impossible to ignore.
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