Pope Paul III Declares Rights of New World Natives
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Native Americans, American Indians, Catholic Church, Catholics, Popes, Papacy, Cardinals, Human Rights
- Curriculum: Renaissance History, Latin American History, American Pre-Colonial History (to 1606), Spanish/Portuguese History
- Geographical Location: Spain, Mexico, Peru, Cuba, West Indies
- Date: 1537
Article abstract: Pope Paul III declares the rights of New World natives in a papal bull that establishes the primacy of the Catholic Church in guaranteeing the rights and privileges of the native peoples of the Americas.
Summary of Event
When Christopher Columbus first encountered the native peoples of the Caribbean, he was interested in them primarily as slaves. In the first decade after the arrival of Columbus, thousands of Indians were forced to work in mines and in agricultural fields under extremely harsh and brutal conditions. The death rate...
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