All Mankind is One: A Study of the Disputation Between Bartolomé de Las Casas and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda in 1550 on the Intellectual and Religious Capacity of the American Indian

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Table of ContentsI. The Nature of the American Indians According to the SpaniardsThe Controversy up to 1550The Bull Sublimis DeusShould Indians Be Educated?The Retraction of Domingo de Betanzos"A Deadly Enemy of the Indians": The Royal Historian Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y ValdesOviedo's Basic Views on IndiansII. Prelude to the Battle At Valladolid Between Las Casas and SepúledaPreliminary Skirmishings, 1547-1550The Sessions at ValladolidSepúlveda's PositionIII. Analysis of Las Casas's TreatiseThe Two Treatises Prepared by Las Casas to Combat SepúlvedaAn Overview of the ArgumentThe First Section: Las Casas's Response to Sepúlveda's Four Reasons for Justifying War Against the Indians in Order to Convert ThemThe Second Section: Las Casas's Comments on the Authorities Cited by Sepúlveda to Support His ArgumentIV. The Aftermath of the ConflictEchoes of the Controversy to 1573Continued Conflict on the Capacity of the IndiansPeanuts, Polarization, Polemics, and ParanoiaA SummationAppendicesBibliogrpahy and ReferencesIndex