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Pope Eugene IV promulgated the papal bull Sicut dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the native Guanche of the Canary Islands by the Spanish.
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Head of the Catholic Church from 1431 to 1447
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Type of decree by the Catholic pope
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Sicut dudum
1435 papal bull forbidding enslavement of Christian natives of the Canary Islands
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Guanches
Native inhabitants of the Canary Islands
The Guanches were the indigenous inhabitants of the Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean some 100 kilometres (60 mi) to the west of modern Morocco and the North African coast. The islanders spoke the Guanche language, which is believed to have been related to the Berber…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Canary Islands
Spanish archipelago and region in the Atlantic Ocean
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