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Who was one of the early writers that documented the atrocities committed by the colonizers against the indigenous peoples and called for reforms? He chronicled the first decades of colonization of the West Indies and was the first officially appointed "Protector of the Indians".
  • Juan Ponce de Leon
  • Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon
  • Panfilo de Narvaez
  • Bartolome de las Casas

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