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I wonder if reports like this existed throughout history during other periods of colonial expansion. Was a report sent to the king of Spain about the brutality

• Buxato 3y ago
  The less brutal (but with many moments or brutality of course) of all conquering or colonizing history. https://www.youtube.com/@MexicoAntesdeMexico https://www.youtube.com/@MexicoAntesdeMexico https://youtu.be/stvwkZzQDPg?si=Zw6XdUKIviD9znWA https://youtu.be/stvwkZzQDPg?si=Zw6XdUKIviD9znWA https://youtu.be/OAfRseP3LnE?si=QdS76k2uoDtmjpUU https://youtu.be/OAfRseP3LnE?si=QdS76k2uoDtmjpUU One of the worst examples you could choose, and fruit of the anglo-propaganda that began on that time and continues today.
• DicIfTEx 3y ago
  > Was a report sent to the king of Spain about the brutality of conquistadors? Yes, most famously from Bartolomé de las Casas. If you'd like to see how Christopher Columbus was viewed by his contemporaries, I'd recommend the three-part podcast series from Behind the Bastards: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-christopher-columbus-bringer-of-101725720/ https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236... Similarly, there were many contemporaries to slavery and other periods of colonialism who were very openly critical of them and organised in opposition. The key difference is that these tended to be ad hoc social movements and rarely international, whereas today we have supernational bodies like the UN to coordinate these reports (and, in theory, to co-ordinate international action in response to them).