6. “All Mankind is One”

On the Nature of Humans, Servitude, and Slavery

  1. Lawrence A. Clayton

Published Online: 21 MAR 2011

DOI: 10.1002/9781444392746.ch6

Book Title

Bartolomé de las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas

Bartolomé de las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas

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How to Cite

Clayton, L. A. (2010) “All Mankind is One”, in Bartolomé de las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444392746.ch6

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 21 MAR 2011
  2. Published Print: 31 DEC 2010

Book Series:

  1. Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista

Book Series Editors:

  1. Jürgen Buchenau

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781405194273

Online ISBN: 9781444392746

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Keywords:

  • “All Mankind is One” - nature of humans, servitude and slavery;
  • Las Casas, intention of resigning - his bishopric of Chiapa;
  • rules for confession and absolution - and havoc in Chiapa;
  • encomenderos throughout the Indies - the encomiendas perpetual, handed down from father to son;
  • battles, waged between detractors and defenders of Amerindians in Spain - till mid-century;
  • Sepúlveda, extolling virtues - of the Spanish civilization;
  • human sacrifice and Las Casas's admission - that Indians were “in probable error” in this area;
  • Bartolomédelas Casas and the African slave trade;
  • Portuguese slave trade, taking advantage of a domestic slave system - in West Africa;
  • legitimacy of slavery, as an institution - hardly questioned during Las Casas's lifetime and questions of a just war

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  • Bartolomé de las Casas and the African slave trade

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