Bartolomeo de las Casas, A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies (1542)
Reading: Bartolomeo de las Casas, A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies (1542):
http://web.archive.org/web/19980116133031/http://pluto.clinch.edu/history/wciv2/civ2ref/casas.htm (Links to an external site.)
Analyze the document and answer the questions that follow. Write complete sentences using correct grammar. Each question is worth 20 points.
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