The History of the Indies is published (1 Jan 1561 Jahr – 13 März 1562 Jahr)

Beschreibung:

The History of the Indies is a three-volume work begun in 1527 while Bartolomé was in the Convent of Puerto de Plata. It found its final form in 1561, when he was working in the Colegio de San Gregorio. Originally planned as a six-volume work, written in a similar fasion to his second book A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies, each volume describes a decade of the history of the Indies from the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492 to 1520, and most of it is an eye-witness account. It was in the History of the Indies that Bartolomé finally regretted his advocacy for African slavery, and included a sincere apology, writing, "I soon repented and judged myself guilty of ignorance. I came to realize that black slavery was as unjust as Indian slavery... and I was not sure that my ignorance and good faith would secure me in the eyes of God." (Vol II, p. 257)