Bartolomé de Las Casas describes the treatment of Native Americans by the Spaniards as tyrannical and devilish. In the quote, he details the violent actions taken against the native rulers and young men and describes the harsh servitude imposed on women and children, highlighting the brutality and inhumanity of the Spaniards' actions. The most fitting choice from the options provided is tyrannical.
When they [Spaniards] have slain all those who fought for their lives or to escape the tortures they would have to endure, that is to say, when they have slain all the native rulers and young men (since the Spaniards usually spare only the women and children, who are subjected to the hardest and bitterest servitude [slavery] ever suffered by man or beast), they enslave any survivors. With these infernal [devilish] methods of tyranny they debase and weaken countless numbers of those pitiful Indian nations.”
—Bartolomé de Las Casas
Question: How does Bartolomé de Las Casas describe the treatment of Native Americans by the Spaniards?
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