The key purpose of the writings of the Spanish priest Bartolomé Las Casas was
A) to defend the conquest of Cuba, which he participated in during 1512.
B) to ask Spanish authorities to intervene to protect the Indians in the Americas from the harsh labor and cruel treatment of the local Spanish land owners and authorities.
C) to condemn the life and religious customs of the Indians of the Americas.
D) to dismiss conversion to Catholic Christianity as a viable avenue for saving the lives and souls of the Indians of the Americas.
Answer: B
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