Bartolomé de las Casas who was also known as the “Apostle of the Indians,” was an early Spanish historian, Spanish Catholic priest, and Dominican missionary, who was the first to expose the oppression of native peoples by Europeans in the Americas. Written in 1528, his document titled “History of the Indies” which took place in Hispaniola outlined the appalling treatment of Indians and the greed and cruelty of the Spanish. Although the original document had been translated from Spanish to English, Bartolomé de las Casas was a non-reliable source for many distinct reasons. Las Casas accentuated the innocence and purity of the Indians and the barbarity of the Spaniards in order to draw attention to the enormity of deaths endured by the natives.
