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This paper analyzes the Riflessioni imparziali sopra l’umanità degli Spagnuoli \nnell’Indie, published in 1780 by the exiled Spanish Jesuit, Juan Nuix (1740- \n1783). This work, conceived as an extensive commentary on Raynal’s Histoire \ndes deux Indes and Robertson’s History of America, presented two main points: \na strong censure of the black legend version of the Spanish enterprises in \nAmerica and, secondly, a peculiar point of view on 'otherness' in relation \nto the Spanish conquista of America. The most interesting aspect of the \nRiflessioni is its explicit attempt, according to the ideological positions of a \n‘conservative’ Jesuit like Nuix, to revive – through a modern language – the \n‘Imperial Spain paradigm' within a Counter-reformist frame: to this purpose \nhe simply turned upside down, by claiming them as positive, all the black \nlegend arguments.