Before revision: He said that the practice of enslaving people in Africa was started by the Portuguese, at least 30 years earlier.Llorente, 1822, p. 364 In this text, Grégoire explained that the idea of Las Casas endorsing the African slave trade to keep the Indians from being enslaved originated from the Spanish historian Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas.Llorente, 1822, p. 341 His claims were confirmed by the posthumous publication of Las Casas's Historia de las Indias in 1875.
After revision: The slave trade was never explicitly mentioned in Las Casas's works, because he was an advocate for freedom and equal rights for all men, without distinctions of country or skin color.Llorente, 1822, p 365He said that the practice of enslaving people in Africa was started by the Portuguese, at least 30 years earlier.Llorente, 1822, p. 364 In this text, Grégoire explained that the idea of Las Casas endorsing the African slave trade to keep the Indians from being enslaved originated from the Spanish historian Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas.Llorente, 1822, p. 341 His claims were confirmed by the posthumous publication of Las Casas's Historia de las Indias in 1875.