Bartolomé de las Casas Quote

We can estimate very surely and truthfully that in the forty years that have passed, with the infernal actions of the Christians, there have been unjustly slain more than twelve million men, women, and children. In truth, I believe without trying to deceive myself that the number of the slain is more like fifteen million.


History of the Indies (1561)


We can estimate very surely and truthfully that in the forty years that have passed, with the infernal actions of the Christians, there have been...

We can estimate very surely and truthfully that in the forty years that have passed, with the infernal actions of the Christians, there have been...

We can estimate very surely and truthfully that in the forty years that have passed, with the infernal actions of the Christians, there have been...

We can estimate very surely and truthfully that in the forty years that have passed, with the infernal actions of the Christians, there have been...