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How did Bartolomé de Las Casas view slavery?

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Spanish priest who criticized how the conquistadors were treating the natives; wrote many books and letters on mistreatment and resulted in New Laws

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Las Casas later advocated that all slavery be abolished, but the burgeoning European empires paid little attention to this moral idea when so much wealth and power was at stake. Las Casas also later advocated that indigenous groups be allowed self-governance under the Spanish crown.

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