Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias

A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

Author

Bartolomé de las Casas

Language

Spanish

Year

1552

Country

Spain

Genre

Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise

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A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies is an account written by the Spanish Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas in 1542 about the mistreatment of and atrocities committed against the indigenous peoples of the Americas in colonial times and sent to then prince Philip II of Spain.