Indian labor used in the encomienda system used for agriculture and mining was gradually replaced by labor from Africans. This Spanish system of control over the natives was widely used throughout the Americas. Harsh treatment of the natives was a result of the encomienda leaving them to build the infrastructure of the new country. This system, though treating natives harshly
Indian labor used in the encomienda system used for agriculture and mining was gradually replaced by labor from Africans. This Spanish system of control over the natives was widely used throughout the Americas. Harsh treatment of the natives was a result of the encomienda leaving them to build the infrastructure of the new country. This system, though treating natives harshly