Wednesday, August 13, 2008

SPEECH AGAINST THE SPANISH


WRITE QUOTE FROM MONTESINOS & WHY IS THAT THE MOST POWERFUL THING HE SAID.

''TELL ME, BY WHAT RIGHT OR JUSTICE DO YOU HOLD THESE INDIANS IN SUCH A CRUEL AND HORRIBLE SERVITUDE? ON WHAT AUTHORITY HAVE YOU WAGED SUCH DETESTABLE [AWFUL] WARS AGAINST THESE PEOPLE WHO DWELT[LIVED] SO QUIETLY AND PEEACEFULLY IN THEIR OWN LAND?... WHY DO YOU KEEP THEM SO OPPRESSED AND EXHAUSTED, WHITOUT GIVING THEM ENOUGH TO EAT OR CURING THEM OF THE SICKNESSES THEY INCUR[GET] FROM THE EXCESSIVE LABOR YOU GIVE THEM?.... ARE YOU NOT BOUND TO LOVE THEM AS YOU LOVE YOURSEVES? DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND THIS? DON'T YOU FEEL THIS?''

I THINK EVERYTHING HE SAID WAS THE MOST POWERFULTHING BECAUSE IT IS ALL TRUE WHAT HE IS SAYING,ABOUT WHAT THE SPANISH DID, HOW THEY WERE TREATED

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