> 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 Christo

> 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).