Bartolome de Las Casas was the first and fiercest critic of Spanish colonialism in the New World.
He wrote A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies in 1542, a shocking catalogue of mass slaughter, torture and slavery, which showed that the evangelizing vision of Columbus had desc.
An early traveller to the Americas who sailed on one of Columbus\'s voyages, Las Casas was so horrified by the wholesale massacre he witnessed that he dedicated his life to protecting the Indian community.
Bartolome de Las Casas was the first and fiercest critic of Spanish colonialism in the New World