What beliefs do you think may have motivated las casas to take the stand that he does?

He was relevant in defending indigenous peoples in Latin America.

The defense assumes that they are free and in their freedom enjoy the natural right.

Explanation:

    In the middle of the year 1502-1510 - Friar Bartolomeu de Las Casas leaves for America where he lands with twelve other friars. In this period, Spain is at the beginning of an empire of magnificence, as discussed above, the Arabs are being expelled by the Catholic kings.

    Arriving in the land of the natives, the friar Las Casas is enchanted by the kind reception of the Indigenous, but little by little, Bartolomeu realizes the dark side of the Spaniards subsidized only by the greed of gold and silver or other means that could generate precious goods. In the midst of the shadows of greed, however, is a young man full of vitality and with a right intention to evangelize the natives.

     The defense assumes that they are free and in their freedom enjoy natural law.

    From his point of view, Las Casas would see exceptional indigenous docility as a way of showing human possibilities and qualities, moving from the wild to the civilized way, so evangelizing in the eyes of the religious would not be a process of domination but rather a means of domination. for liberation. In other words, the interplay between two cultures or between two peoples would bring the sum of vast and ennobling experiences to both sides. Therefore, the exchange of experiences would only be possible if there was a mutual adherence of respect, dialogue and otherness that would converge on justice.