%0 Journal Article %T Diego de Avenda£¿o y la esclavitud colonial africana %A Mu£¿oz Garc¨ªa %A Angel %J Revista de Filosof¨ªa %D 2007 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X diego de avenda£¿o (1594-1688), a jesuit and author of thesaurus indicus (antwerp, 1668), has normally been catalogued as a great defender of black slaves in the spanish colonies of america and even as the first abolitionist. taking into account thesaurus indicus, this article studies to what degree this assertion may be true. %K diego de avenda£¿o %K thesaurus indicus %K black slaves. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0798-11712007000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en