Lawyers Haven’t Changed Much

From http://www.ticocentral.com/timeline.htm

Costa Rica 1510

Palacios Rubios writes, in name of king Ferdinand of Spain. The document legalizes the colonization of America. It tells the Indians that they are now under the rule of Spain and the Church and that if they obey and let themselves be preached to they will remain free and if they resist they will be put into slavery and their possessions will be taken. In reality they were put in chains first and then the Requerimiento was read to them in Spanish.