Las Casas: another oppressor who was somewhat conversant with the language of the oppressed – Part One

First off, you have to fully grasp that Las Casas meant every word above quite literally. This statement, from his last will and testament, came at the end of a life most of which was dedicated to documenting the “unjust, barbarous, and tyrannical manner” in which the Spanish conquistadores accomplished their genocide of the Americas. [...]