HST 2020 Study Guide - Final Guide: Bartolomé De Las Casas, Triangular Trade, Quetzalcoatl
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Pueblo ruler, drove spanish out in 1680, they return 12 years later. Dominican monk, wrote against encomienda system, suggested africans, later denounced slavery. Was born in africa, was transported on the atlantic slave trade, was sent to the barbados and then to virginia, gained freedom and made his way to england, became a christian missionary and an abolitionist. Demise of native civilization, christian missionaries, triangular trade, europe benefited and expanded - exploration, permanent settlement, colombian exchange. Sugar plantations and tobacco farms required a large supply of workers to make the land profitable (cash crops); since many natives were dying from disease and could escape (knew the land/language) the europeans looked for another labor source. Spain ends/alters the encomienda system due to rebellions and fr. The spread of islam in africa increased the slave trade; african rulers believed non- Muslims should/could be bought and sold into slavery.
