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A Comparison of the Voices of the Spanish Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Portuguese Fernando Oliveira on Just War and Slavery

2014; Volume: 12; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

1645-6432

David T. Orique,

History of Colonial Brazil

portuguesEsta investigacao compara o clerigo espanhol, Bartolome de Las Casas, com o clerigo Portugues, Fernando Oliveira. Ambos levantaram as suas vozes em protesto durante o seculo XVI, a medida que tanto Portugal como Espanha se fixavam no Novo Mundo com visibilidade ao nivel politico, economico e religioso. Las Casas condenou as guerras de conquista e a consequente escravizacao injusta dos povos indigenas do Novo Mundo; Oliveira condenou a guerra injusta travada para promover e apoiar o comercio de escravos ao longo da Costa Ocidental Africana. Esta analise demonstra que os dois sacerdotes denunciaram a guerra que violava os principios da guerra justa e, portanto, favoreceu a escravatura sem justa causa. EnglishThis investigation compares the Spanish cleric, Bartolome de Las Casas, with the Portuguese cleric, Fernando Oliveira, both of whom raised their voices in protest during the sixteenth century as Portugal and Spain politically extended, economically exploited, and religiously expanded into the Atlantic World. Las Casas condemned the wars of conquest and the consequent unjust enslavement of New World indigenous peoples; Oliveira condemned unjust warfare waged to promote and sustain the slave trade along the West African coast. This analysis demonstrates that both priests denounced warfare that violated the principles of just war and therefore resulted in enslavements without just cause.