Spanish priest Bartolomé de las Casas wrote [BLANK-1] in 154…
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Spаnish priest Bаrtоlоmé de lаs Casas wrоte [BLANK-1] in 1542, describing in vivid detail the horrors and abuses the Spanish colonizers had inflicted on the Native Americans. The book contained illustrated accounts of the injustices, which included siccing dogs on them, burning them at the stake, burning them in hot boxes, burning them in their own homes, hanging them, cutting their hands off, ripping babies limbs from their bodies, drowning them, running through women and children on their swords, dashing babies to death against rocks, and performing vivisections (autopsies, while one is still alive) on Native Americans. His account contributed to the development of the Black Legend that the Spanish were uniquely cruel and capricious colonizers.