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1511

Antonio de Montesinos Preaches

1511

On the fourth Sunday of Advent, the Dominican friar Antonio de Montesinos preached a fierce sermon in Santo Domingo denouncing Spanish treatment of the Taino. Are these not men? he demanded. The congregation of encomenderos was outraged. His words moved a young Bartolome de las Casas to begin his own conversion.

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Before and after in North America

Before: 1510: Tumelo Revolt in Hispaniola
After: September 25, 1513: Balboa Sights the Pacific

Before and after in Religion

Before: April 19, 1506: Lisbon Massacre of New Christians
After: 1513: Leo X Becomes Pope

Era

Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.