A Short Account Of Destruction Of The Indies Analysis

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They believed the natives were nothing more than savages and were only good enough to be slaves. Las Casas didn’t like this. He said that the “Spaniards, with their cruelty and execrable work, have depopulated and made desolate the great continent.” For forty years more than “twelve million persons, men and women and children, have perished unjustly and though tranny by the infernal deeds and tyranny of the Christians.” The only reason why the Spaniards “killed and destroyed such infinite numbers of souls is solely because they have made gold their ultimate aim, seeking to load themselves with riches in the shortest time.” They took everything away from the natives, enslaved them and killed those who did not obey them. Everything he said about the Spaniards were completely true. They were just money hungry bullies took advantage of the Indians because the Indians thought they came from the heavens and refused to harm them. And that is just

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Although The Mission and Bartolomé De Las Casas' book, The Devastation of the Indies portray events that took place over two centuries apart, similar features and effects of colonization are apparent in each account. Slight differences in viewpoints are evident, such as The Mission's portrayal of the natives in a more humane fashion, but this goes along with the evolution of time and the current trend of being politically correct. In other words, people today have broader views on issues, are more unbiased in their reasoning, and are careful not to offend others. Whether efforts to conquer land happened in

Casas starts off by identifying that even before the arrival of Spaniards, the Indians had a proper way of living, where they had laws, religion, and unique customs. In addition, Casas argues that the Indian race is actually not barbaric as to what Sepulveda had thought. Not only are the Indians quick in learning new arts, they were also willing to accept the new religion of Christianity, and confess to God for their sins. Moreover, the Indians are skillful in various kinds of arts, where amazing buildings, paintings and needleworks have been produced. Even Hernan Cortes mentioned that building built by Indians should be respected. All these facts justifies Casas point that Indians are not

Las Casas viewed the indigenous people in a good light, having said that they were humble and peaceful. He also stated that, for the most part, they were the type of people who wanted to mind to their own business and not get concerned with others. He was a spokesperson for the indigenous people in the new world, feeling the pain that these Spanish intruders forced upon them. The Spaniards didn’t share the same view, they were very cruel and unjust in the way that they treated the indigenous people. They had no respect for their culture or for what the indigenous people had created. Even so the indigenous

One of the weaknesses of this book was the way in which a strong opinion of the author frequently came to the surface. The impression given when reading was one of bias in that the Spanish were wrong to come in and refine everything. This was reflected in the fact that periodically within the book, when the Spanish conquistadors did something to the Indians, it was pointed out how inhumane it was. Yet, when the Indians retaliated in some way, it was quickly pointed out how justified they were. The mentioned advantages that the Indians gained through the Spaniards were infrequent and underdeveloped.

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Las Casas and Gomaras views oppose each other entirely. Gomaras view came from conquers coming back to Spain, he had never experienced the new world. He wrote things that didn’t accurately describe how the Spaniards treated the indigenous people.

He uses the example of how the Romans conquered the Spaniards in the Caesar Augustus era. The Romans used the same ideology that Sepulveda, another dictator, uses to justify mistreatment of the Indians by making them change their ways of life and conforming to Roman culture. ( Pg 3). He quotes Trogus Pompey as evidence for this information and the same ideologies that Sepulveda uses. He asks Sepulveda questions such as “ Did the Spanish wage an unjust war when they vigorously defended themselves against them?” ( Pg 4) De Las Casas wants Sepulveda to feel ignorant because he truly believes Sepulveda would not have liked it if it happened to him because he feels as though the Spanish are superior, so if older conquistadores thought wrongly about the Spaniards, then Sepulveda is doing the exact wrong doing by believing the same about the Native Americans. De Las Casas actually acknowledges the many strengths of the Native Americans. When describing their skills, he says “ The Indian race is not that barbaric , nor are they dull witted or stupid, but they are easy to teach and very talented in learned all the liberal arts…. “ ( Pg 4) For De Las Casas to acknowledge this was the first step in promoting equality per se and trying to challenge / eliminate stereotypes. He was able to identify the capabilities of Native Americans and challenged basically the idea of what is normal

De Las Casas calls out the Spaniards on their treatment of the native people, after being witness to the horrors himself. Williams observes the natives and comes to understand that they have a civility about them, attempting to break the “savage” stereotype, although still considering them sinners, but innocent in that they have not had the light of Christianity shined upon them. De Las Casas admires the bravery of the natives, as he mentions that they do not seek revenge towards the Spaniards for the grueling work they are forced to do for no benefit other than the sparing of their lives. He switches the perspective greatly from “Requerimiento, 1514” by making the Spanish out to be bullies to the natives. Williams states that “A man shall generally finde more free entertainment and refreshing amongst these barbarian, then amongst thousands that call themselves Christians…” implying that he has more fun experiences with the natives. He is also impressed by their math abilities, as they have no writing tools. Both men view the natives as innocent beings that do not deserve the cruelties they are faced

viewpoints from one another regarding the natives. Columbus viewed the natives as a source for income through various means, even though the natives attempted to be kind to him. Thus, Columbus took some natives as slaves and he also forced them to work. Also, Columbus viewed the natives as inferior and also noticed that they were lacking in weaponry compared to the Spaniards. In contrast, Las Casas viewed the natives as a more advanced people. He acknowledged that the way women were treated in native society was so well, that it startled some of the Spanish. Furthermore, he explained in his writings how the natives were peaceful and the Spaniards treated them poorly. However, similarly, both Columbus and Las Casas acknowledged that the natives were different from the

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The reason why the British and the Colonist had such different stories because each side wanted to look inoccent. The more the each side look like each wasn’t doing anything, each side thought it look like the other side it more guilty. Instead of making each side look more gulity, all it did was make them look more guilty to themselves. For example, the colonist said it all started with playing snowballs but the real story was throwing oysters and ice just like the British said. The british weren’t as innocent but that was just a fair example because it would risk the British being hanged so that became a big party.

The document I chose to analyze as a primary source is Six Months in The West Indies by Henry Nelson Coleridge. This is a small journal published in 1825 that follows Henry N. Coleridge’s trips around the West Indies with his uncle, William Hart Coleridge who is a bishop of Barbados. While on his trip throughout the isles, Coleridge not only comments on the local governments and ecosystems but the treatment of slaves and the institution of slavery as well. His viewpoints are in no way abolitionist, but he does appear to have a vein of sympathy for slaves of the West Indies. Many of his viewpoints are on how society and slave owners in the West Indies could better the lives of their slaves, none of them abolition, but for instance he suggests that “one of the most effectual ways for bettering the slaves would be thorough and humanizing education of the masters themselves (p.54).” While this argument, I feel, is not uncommon of a well-educated, English, relative of a high ranking religious official during this time period, I find it interesting to compare Coleridge’s accounts of slavery throughout the West Indies with that of an actual slave, Mary Prince, in the same region. Mary Prince was a slave in the Caribbean, who was bought and sold to multiple owners, on multiple isles, eventually gaining her freedom in Britain in 1828. This secondary source, The History of Mary Prince, was transcribed by Suzanna Strickland and edited by the abolitionist who took her in, Thomas Pringle