Sep 11 Defender of Slaves and indigenous peoples - De La Casas

The Pearl of Great Price

Bishop Bartholomew De La Casas chronicled the terrible atrocities that Spanish colonists carried out on the indigenous people of Central and South America. He was appointed protector of the Indians by the Spanish Legal Establishment, His writing and thinking was influenced the School of Salamanca and lead to both international law and the first concepts of universal human rights.