This article is about the Dominican friar. For the Portuguese traveler, see Antonio de Montezinos.
16th-century Spanish Catholic friar and missionary
The Reverend
Antonio de Montesino
OP
Sculpture by Antonio Castellanos Basich
Native name
Antón de Montesino
Personal details
Born
Salamanca, Spain
Died
1540 New Granada
Nationality
Castillian
Denomination
Catholic
Motto
I am the voice of Christ in the desert of this island.
Antonio de Montesinos or Antonio Montesino, OP (c. 1475 - June 27, 1540[1]) was a Spanish Dominican friar who was a missionary on the island of Hispaniola (now comprising the Dominican Republic and Haiti). With the backing of Pedro de Córdoba and his Dominican community at Santo Domingo, Montesinos was the first European to publicly denounce the enslavement and harsh treatment of the indigenous peoples of the island. His censure initiated an enduring struggle to reform the Spanish conduct towards all indigenous people in the New World. Montesinos' outspoken criticism influenced Bartolomé de las Casas to head the humane treatment of Indians movement.[2][3]
^Hoffman 1990, p. 81
^Pagden, p. xxi
^Hanke 1946, p. 142.
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