Defining Humanity Beyond Appearances

In one of the excerpts it is explained that upon encountering the indigenous peoples of America, the Spanish, by asking questions about their faith and attitude towards the afterlife, came to the conclusion that the presence of such beliefs signifies human nature:"When in America the Spanish and the English encountered the red-skinned Indians, they, too, did not immediately understand who stood before them: were they human or not?

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