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1484 - 1566Life of the Dominican friar and defender of the rights of indigenous peoples in Spanish America Bartolomé de Las Casas.
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11 Nov 1484Bartolomé de Las Casas is born in Seville, Spain.
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1502Bartolomé de Las Casas settles on Hispaniola.
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1511Bartolomé de Las Casas participates in the conquest of Cuba.
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1515Bartolomé de Las Casas supervises an ill-fated colony in Cumaná on Hispaniola.
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1521Bartolomé de Las Casas leads an ill-fated colony in Venezuela.
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1522Bartolomé de Las Casas writes a graphic description of the Spanish colonial encomienda system in his "A Very Brief Recital of the Destruction of the Indies".
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1537 - 1542Bartolomé de Las Casas leads an experimental community with Kekchi Indians in Guatemala.
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Aug 1550The Valladolid debate between Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda and Bartolomé de Las Casas on how indigenous peoples in the Spanish Americas should be treated.
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18 Jul 1566Bartolomé de Las Casas dies in Madrid.
