[Bartolomé de las Casas]
Bishop of Pennsylvania, 1836
Las Casas was born in Seville in 1484. He studied both theology and law at the University of Salamanca.
As a reward for his participation in various expeditions, Las Casas left for Hispaniola in 1502. He was given an encomienda, a royal land grant populated with native peoples of the Indies. He soon began to evangelize them; he was ordained priest in 1510 at Santo Domingo.
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