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 | In Defense of the Indians: The Defense of the Most Reverend Lord, Don Fray Bartolome De Las Casas, of the Order of Preachers, Late Bishop of Chiapa (Reprint Edition) by Stafford Poole (Foreword), Martin E. Marty (Foreword), Bartolome Las Casas, Trans. Sanford Poole Paperback, 411 Pages, Published 1992 ISBN-10: 0-87580-556-6 / 0875805566 ISBN-13: 978-0-87580-556-6 / 9780875805566 Bartolom\u00e9 de Las Casas championed the rights of the Indians of Mexico and Central America, disputing a widely held belief that they were "beasts" to be enslaved. In a dramatic debate in 1550 with Juan Gin\u00e9s de Sep\u00falveda, Las Casas argued vehemently before a royal commission in Vallado | |