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1511: Fray Antón de Montesinos delivers a landmark sermon in Santo Domingo condemning the mistreatment of the Taino.
1511: Fray Antón de Montesinos delivers a landmark sermon in Santo Domingo condemning the mistreatment of the Taino. His moral challenge to the Spanish authorities sparked the first debates over the human rights of indigenous peoples in the Americas.
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