Digital History
Digital History: Slavery and Spanish Colonization
Read about the slave trade and use of slaves in agriculture and mining in Spanish America in the New World. Find out why it was expedient to use African slaves.
Digital History
Digital History: The Atlantic Slave Trade
A brief but sobering look at the slave trade and the number of slaves in the New World in the 16th, 17th, and early 17th centuries. Slaves could be found from Nova Scotia to Argentina.
Oregon State University
History of Western Philosophy: Bartolome De Las Casas (1484 1566)
Famous for early advocacy for indigenous peoples of America, he attempted to outlaw the econmienda system enjoyed by the Spanish colonists. Included is a time line of his activities.