SPA 147 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Valladolid Debate
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Quiz: regarding the content of reading, when begin the quiz, 20min to finish, can"t stop, can"t go back. Las casas was a member of a powerful family. By the time he was born, his family had been receiving royal recognition (jobs, titles, land) for nearly 250 years: where: seville, going to be the center of colonial administration. Everything that use to run the colony runs here. In the end, 5 members of las casas"s family went to the americas before las casas himself. Has interest in indigenous people began really early (an early age slave owner) 1502, he joined a voyage bound for caribbean. He was active in the work of colonizing: clearing lands, farming, hunting and building. Brought disease and the introduction of animals such as pigs and rates. Just 4 years later, he seen enough, left and go home, and became a priest in 1508. Review: decided really quickly that he do not want to be rich.
