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Bartolomé de Las Casas

Spanish Dominican friar, historian, and social reformer (1474–1566)

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Jan 19, 2026

How do Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo’s accounts compare textually to other 16th‑century chronicles used to locate San Miguel de Gualdape?

Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo’s Historia general y natural de las Indias stands as one of the few near‑contemporary, widely disseminated textual anchors for the lost colony of San Miguel de Gualdape, an...

Oct 7, 2025

What are the historical roots of racism in the United States?

The historical roots of racism in the United States rest on a convergence of early colonial labor systems, transatlantic slavery, legal codification of race, and the social invention of “whiteness” to...