HIST 258 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bartolomé De Las Casas, Gold Extraction, Manumission
19 Jan 2018
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Journey sponsored by spanish crown: arawak and carib indians; aztecs; incas. On his way to find asia, he finds these islands. 1600 caribs captive after a carib uprising. Their culture/cannibalism makes it ok to enslave them. Most of the 1600 slaves are distributed among the. 500 sent back to europe, about 200 of them die. Wants to set up island for commercial agriculture. Gold extraction was not profitable, nor was slave trade. 1500s, spanish increase holdings in the new world: defeat aztecs in mexico and peruvian incas, gain control of the caribbean islands. Two major problems: disease, smallpox, pre-1650 13. 3 to 90-100 million, post 1650 4. 5 million to 10 million, humanitarianism, leaders wanted to protect amerindians, impulses don"t become dominant until after smallpox death increase, bartolome de las casas. Wants to import white and black slaves instead. Impact"s future spanish decisions and african life: 1542 native slavery illegal. Law difficult to enforce: 1550 encomienda system abolished.
