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His account was responsible for the passage of the new Spanish colonial laws known as the New Laws of 1542, which abolished native slavery for the first time in European colonial history and led to the Valladolid debate.[citation needed] This text was used as a way to convince the King of Spain of the cruelties caused by the Spanish Conquistadors.[2] As such, he did not focus on or mention the effects of disease as a cause of suffering for the native people.[2] Instead, De Las Casas focused on the suffering caused by the Spanish conquistadors so that the King would address the conquistadors' behavior.[2]