Bartolomé de las Casas

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/bartolom-de-las-casas

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Bartolomé de las Casas born?August 24, 1484
2. Where was Bartolomé de las Casas born?Seville, Spain
3. Who was Bartolomé de las Casas?He was a Spanish priest who lived in the 1500s and fought for fairness and kindness toward Indigenous peoples.
4. What did he do when he first arrived in Hispaniola?He worked in the encomienda system, which gave him land and Indigenous laborers to work on.

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