The Encomienda System: The Transatlantic Slave

The Encomienda system was started by the Spaniards but was not intended to be used as a slave system, however, the Transatlantic slave trade was a “trade of goods” where Africans were forcibly taken from their homes and brought aboard ships to be sold as slaves in the Americas. The encomienda system was forced upon the natives, this is similar to how the slave trade was forced upon Africans. The Transatlantic slave trade was a trip from Africa to the Americas, Spain and Europe also played a large role in the trade as well. The Transatlantic slave trade forced African Natives to be forced onto ships in close quarters with one another to be sold in the Americas as slaves. Many died along the journey to the Americas. The Transatlantic slave trade …show more content…
The Transatlantic slave trade could be seen as a result of the Encomienda system and its effect on the societies included. Both originally seemed to derive from Spain. The Encomienda system, similar to the transatlantic slave trade, had the goal of strengthening their economy without having to pay large amounts of money to do so. The Economies of the involved countries benefited from both the encomienda system and transatlantic slave trade because in both instances they were getting free labor. Meaning that more work was being done and those doing the work were getting paid nothing.

The Encomienda system caused great oppression of the natives in the same way the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade did. The effects of these events in history have resulted in inequality and discrimination for certain groups of people that can even be seen present-day. The Encomienda system and the Transatlantic slave trade are similar in how they came about, how they affected the victims of the events and how they benefited the countries who enforced what came with these