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Which of the following was the main accomplishment of Bartolomé de las Casas?
  1. He revolutionized the agricultural technique in the New World.
  2. He helped to end the harsh treatment of Native Americans by Spanish conquistadores.
  3. He conquered the Incas.
  4. He developed a new method of mining silver.
Explanation
Answer - B - The main accomplishment of Bartolomé de las Casas was helping to end the harsh treatment of Native Americans by Spanish conquistadores.

Key Takeaway: Bartolomé de las Casas was a 16th-century Dominican priest and writer. As a settler in the New World, he witnessed-and was driven to oppose-the torture and genocide of the Native Americans by Spanish colonists. He advocated on behalf of the natives before King Charles V.

Although de las Casas originally proposed to replace the slave labor in the colonies with imported slaves from Africa, he eventually recanted this, too, and became an advocate for Africans in the colonies.
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