<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> Spanish </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publication date </Th> <Td> 1552 </Td> </Tr> <P> A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies (Spanish: Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias) is an account written by the Spanish Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas in 1542 (published in 1552) about the mistreatment of and atrocities committed against the indigenous peoples of the Americas in colonial times and sent to then Prince Philip II of Spain . </P> <P> Bartolomé de las Casas explains in the prologue that his fifty years of experience in Spanish colonies in Indies had granted him both moral legitimacy and accountability for writing this account . In 1516, Las Casas was granted the title of Protector of the Indians by Cardinal Cisneros after submitted report on how severe the demographic decline had been due to harsh labor and mistreatment by colonial officials . During the time when Las Casas served as the Protector of the Indians, several clerics from The Order of Saint Jerome attempted reform certain labor systems which incorporated native populace as labor forces . Their attempts, however, were deemed not effective enough to protect the welfare of the Indians by Las Casas, thus motivating him to return to Spain to appeal to the Spanish monarch in 1517 . </P>

An account much abbreviated of the destruction of the indies sparknotes
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