by Bartolomé de las Casas · Grupo Axel Springer, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788477000068
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'A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies' is a work by the Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas, first published in 1552. In it, the author harshly recounts the abuses and violence exerted by the Spanish colonizers against the indigenous peoples of America during the conquest. The book is a passionate denunciation of the injustice and suffering inflicted on the natives, and has become a fundamental text for understanding the history of colonization and the debate on human rights.
Bartolomé de las Casas, OP ; 11 November 1484 – 18 July 1566) was a Spanish lawyer, clergyman, writer, and activist best known for his work as a historian and social reformer. He arrived in Hispaniola as a layman, then became a Dominican friar. He was appointed as the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed "Protector of the Indians". His extensive writings, the most famous being A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies and Historia de Las Indias, chronicle the first decades of colonization of the Caribbean islands. He described and railed against the atrocities committed by the conquistadores against the Indigenous peoples.
