Bartolomé de Las Casas, bishop of Chiapas

(1484-1566)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1474-1566 LBT ID: BaLasCa1566 VIAF ID: 46758461 LOC ID: n80010286	B/BAP: 1484-11 DIED: 1566-07-18
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Bishop of Chiapas in New Spain who opposed the oppression of the Native Americans by the Spanish colonists.
REFERENCES TO Bartolomé de Las Casas, bishop of Chiapas: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter VI Found 1: ¶ 1 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXVIII. Found 1: ¶ 11