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1502: Bartolomé de Las Casas arrives on the island as a young settler, later becoming a leading critic of Spanish brutality.

1502: Bartolomé de Las Casas arrives on the island as a young settler, later becoming a leading critic of Spanish brutality. He witnessed the devastating impact of the encomienda system on the native Taino people.

Source  ·  p. 14 Dubois, Avengers of the New World, 14