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The Black Legend, or the Spanish Black Legend, is a black legend consisting of anti-Spanish and anti-Catholic propaganda which started in the 16th century, originally as a political and psychological weapon by Spain's rivals in the attempt of demonizing the Spanish Empire, its people and culture, and countering its influence and power in world affairs.The assimilation of primarily English and German propaganda into mainstream history created an anti-Hispanic bias in subsequent historians and a distorted view of the history of Spain, Latin America, and other parts of the world. This allowed for other countries to gain native american support due to the propaganda against the Spanish on their treatment of natives and those that do not follow catholic beliefs. Even though many people in modern time still see the the Black Legend as the attack on native americans, missionaries like that of Fray Bartolome tried to reform the settlers to try and protect the natives.