Editing Bartolomé de las Casas (section)

=== ''History of the Indies'' ===
The ''History of the Indies'' is a three-volume work begun in 1527 while Las Casas was in the Convent of Puerto de Plata. It found its final form in 1561, when he was working in the Colegio de San Gregorio. Originally planned as a six-volume work, each volume describes a decade of the history of the Indies from the arrival of [[Christopher Columbus]] in 1492 to 1520, and most of it is an eye-witness account.<ref name="Historia de las Indias, 5 volumes" /><ref name="Historia de Las Indias, vol 1" /> It was in the ''History of the Indies'' that Las Casas finally regretted his advocacy for African slavery, and included a sincere apology, writing: "I soon repented and judged myself guilty of ignorance. I came to realize that black slavery was as unjust as Indian slavery... and I was not sure that my ignorance and good faith would secure me in the eyes of God." (Vol II, p.&nbsp;257)<ref>{{harvcoltxt|Pierce|1992}}</ref>

''History of the Indies'' has never been fully translated into English. The only translations into English are the 1971 partial translation by Andrée M. Collard, and partial translations by Cynthia L. Chamberlin, Nigel Griffin, Michael Hammer and Blair Sullivan in UCLA's ''Repertorium Columbianum'' (Volumes VI, VII and XI).