FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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Bartolome de Las Casas believed that Africans would be able to survive the diseases that Indians could not.
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False
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True
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Las Casas sought to change the methods of the Spanish conquest, and believed that both the Spaniards and indigenous communities could build a new civilization in America together.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1516, to preserve the rapidly dwindling Taino population of the island of Española, Bartolomé de las Casas (1485–1566) suggested importing some black and white slaves from Castile. He has been pilloried ever since for hypocritically advocating the initiation of the African slave trade in defense of American Indians.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bartolomé de Las Casas, a Spanish Dominican priest, wrote directly to the King of Spain hoping for n ew laws to prevent the brutal exploitation of Native Americans .
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