Treatment of the Indians by members of the Virginia colony was influenced in part by Las Casas's condemnation of Spanish behavior.

Las Casas's Condemnation

The criticism by Bartolomé de Las Casas, a 16th-century Spanish friar, of the Spanish treatment of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Virginia Colony

The first permanent English settlement in North America, established in 1607 at Jamestown, and a key site for the development of both colonial America and the future United States.

Indians

Referring to the indigenous peoples of the Americas, often termed Native Americans in the United States, recognized for their diverse cultures, languages, and histories prior to European colonization.