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¿Con qué derecho y con qué justicia tenéis en tan cruel y horrible servidumbre a estos indios?
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The speaker challenges the morality and legitimacy of keeping Indigenous people in “cruel and horrible servitude.” By asking “with what right” and “with what justice,” the question demands a justification that such treatment cannot easily provide. Its force comes from confronting power with basic standards of fairness and human dignity.
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