Talk:A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

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Discussion
The only link on this page goes to an excerpt from the work, this is not indicated in the page, also, the page has some angry blog on it that chews out "zionists"... a poor citation if there ever was one —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Natezomby (talk • contribs) 9 April 2006.
 * Are you talking about the History is Weapon site? Didn't see the zionist bit. Anyway, it's an important book, so I wonder if Gutenberg has it in full form?--Shtove 21:16, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I will be adding citations where they are needed on the page. I have found a few articles that could be added to this page. This work is not talked about much in my human rights courses, being that "In Defense of the Indians" is De Las Casa's most famous work. It has been years since someone updated this page.Bonesb10 (talk) 17:59, 16 September 2017 (UTC)Elizabeth

I can add about the cultural significance of this work in modern times. I can also add about the techniques that De Las Casas took and if they were effective in his plea to king Charles I. I can also add more details about the book itself and what it was trying to accomplish. This is the list of the relevant articles I will be using to add to this page. Let me know if you have more or if these are appropriate articles.

A quarter of a century with Cartas privadas de emigrantes a Indias. Practices and perspectives of editions of transatlantic correspondences during the Spanish Empire By: Stangl, Werner

ANUARIO DE ESTUDIOS AMERICANOS  Volume: 70   Issue: 2   Pages: 703-736   Published: 2013

LAS CASAS AND THE BIRTH OF RACE By: von Vacano, Diego

HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT  Volume: 33   Issue: 3   Pages: 401-426   Published: FAL 2012

On fictional turns, fictionalizing twists and the invention of the Americas By: Valdeon, Roberto A.

TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING STUDIES  Volume: 6   Issue: 2   Pages: 207-224   Published: 2011

NEW WORLD DEPOPULATION AND THE CASE OF DISEASE By: JORALEMON, D

JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH  Volume: 38   Issue: 1   Pages: 108-127   Published: 1982

EARLY THEORIES ABOUT THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF THE INDIANS, AND THE ADVENT OF MORMONISM By: BLANKE, GH

AMERIKASTUDIEN-AMERICAN STUDIES  Volume: 25   Issue: 3   Pages: 243-268   Published: 1980 Bonesb10 (talk) 22:33, 1 October 2017 (UTC)bonesb10

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Still needs work
Ok, I added a few things to this article, however I'm not bored any more so I'm going to stop now before editing starts to bore me. I will work on this later on but it still needs more info and it needs to look a bit more polished. peace. Jkmerc (talk) 06:09, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Edit Proposal: On improving general quality issues of this article
Other than being a stub, there are several major problems in this article that need to be fixed. Not only the article lacks details regarding the historical background of the author, and the content of the account itself, but also has poor citation issues. Many of the wordings and writing styles in this article does not give readers the feeling that this is can be a trustworthy source of information. As an editor, it seems necessary that I should first try to re-write the already written contents to read more like an informative summary of the given historical account. Then I would need to add a lot more contexts and details into the content of the account, alongside with the historical background behind the author himself and how he came to write this account. I should also add reliable citation to the details which are ought to be backed by scholarly sources. This article is going to be divided into at least four sections - History, summary of the chapters, historical context and legacy.Luky410 (talk) 20:12, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Rough draft for editing
(In "Background" section)

Bartolomé de las Casas explains in the prologue of the account that his fifty years of experience in Spanish colonies in Indies had granted him both moral legitimacy and accountability for writing this account.[2] In 1516, Las Casas was granted the title of Protector of the Indians by Cardinal Cisneros to serve as an advisor to colonial authorities on Indian issues, after he submitted report on how severe the demographic decline of the indigenous people had been due to harsh labor and mistreatment by colonial officials. [3] 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.[4]

From 1517 to 1540, Las Casas repeatedly traveled back and forth between Spain and Spanish colonies in Latin America for numerous times, struggling to find a common ground between Spanish authorities and his own humanitarian pursuit regarding the improvement of the conditions of Indian subjects in Spanish dominions. [2] One of many purposes of his travels was to continue to protest Spanish colonial mistreatment of Indians.

In 1542, after Las Casas first composed the account for which would be later known as A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies, he presented the account as a proof of atrocities committed upon Indians by colonial authorities before the members of the Council of the Indies during the hearings on resolving issues of forceful conversion and colonial exploitation of Indians held under the order sanctioned by Charles I of Spain.[4]Luky410 (talk) 03:31, 26 October 2017 (UTC)