What types of labor systems were employed in the Spanish colonies?
What will be an ideal response?
The Spanish used the encomienda system, which was a system of forced labor being close to slavery. Indians were considered to be "vassals" who owed their labor to noblemen, who in turn were responsible for the Indians' spiritual welfare. The Spanish wanted to convert the Indians in order to save their souls. But the Spanish used this guise as a means to brutally exploit the Indians, who had a high mortality rate and were devastated by the diseases brought by the Spanish. This led to the Spanish using other forms of labor such as conscript labor, wage labor, and slavery.
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