How would you describe Bartolome de las Casas' legacy in regards to religion, slavery, racial issues, and the Spanish judicial system?

Bartolomé de Las Casas was once described by the great liberator Simón Bolívar as "a

friend of humanity who with such fervor and determination denounced to his government

and his contemporaries the most horrific acts of that sanguineous frenzy."1 Las Casas, a

sixteenth century Spanish historian and Dominican missionary, is considered by many as

the first person to expose and call for the abolition of the Spanish enslavement of the

Indians in America. For almost sixty years, Las Casas confronted statesmen, potent

churchmen, mighty kings, powerful encomenderos, and many others in his search for a

better treatment for the Indians in America