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The Reformation · 1552
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
Bartolomé de las Casas · 1484–1566
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What it is
A province-by-province catalogue of atrocities against the peoples of the Caribbean and the mainland, addressed to the future Philip II.
Why it lasted
The most influential human rights document of the sixteenth century, translated everywhere and used by Spain's enemies as propaganda for centuries.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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