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Quotation from A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolomé de las Casas
“Now this infinite multitude of Men are by the Creation of God innocently simple, altogether void of and averse to all manner of Craft, Subtlety and Malice”
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies, Opening description of the Indies, trans. Anonymous (1689)
Las Casas describes the native peoples as created by God and innocent.
Citation: "Now this infinite multitude of Men are by the Creation of God innocently simple, altogether void of and averse to all manner of Craft, Subtlety and Malice" — Bartolomé de las Casas, A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies, Opening description of the Indies, trans. Anonymous (1689). (id las-casas-destruction-of-the-indies-q1)
