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- NAME: Bartolomé de Las Casas
- OCCUPATION: Historian, Explorer, Political Leader, Missionary, Writer
- BIRTH DATE: c. 1474
- DEATH DATE: July 17, 1566
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Sevilla, Spain
- PLACE OF DEATH: Madrid, Spain
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Originally a soldier, Bartolomé de Las Casas later worked against the oppression of indigenous races by Europeans.
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Though initially he was a willing participant in the conquest of the Caribbean, Spanish explorer and missionary Bartolomé de Las Casas later worked against the opression of indigenous races by Europeans. He wrote a number of works which inspired later revolutionary thinkers.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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