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The Black Legend
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The Black Legend is a claim against the Spaniards by the English, because they were seen as excessively bloodthirsty, cruel, greedy,and heartless. For all of their bravado, they were also considered to be an inferior, impure race, because they were a combination of African and European. They also had Muslim and Christian roots. The Spanish Empire was considered to be the empire of darkness and barbarianism. The Spanish came to America to gain riches and to increase their social standing. When the Spanish came here they were already a very racist people. Also, they didn't plan to stay forever, so what reason would they have for trying to make friends. They came here expecting to find what Cortez found, large cities made of gold, but except for the Incas and Aztecs that was not the case. When they discovered that there was no gold to be found, they were very upset and they took it out on the Indians that already lived here. When they came upon Indians that they considered to be worshiping differently than they were, they were obligated and encouraged by the church to "set them straight" using any means necessary.
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Title: The Black Legend
Words: 852
Rating: None
Pages: 3.4
submitted by: JeepGuy
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