encomienda

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In colonial Spanish America, a system by which the Spanish crown defined the status of the Indian population in its colonies. An encomienda consisted of a grant by the crown of a specified number of Indians living in a particular area. The receiver (encomenderos) could exact tribute from the Indians and was required to protect them and instruct them in the Christian faith. The encomienda did not include a grant of land, but in practice the encomenderos gained control of Indian lands. Though the original intent was to reduce the abuses of forced labour, in practice it became a form of enslavement

grant to Spanish settler of authority over Indians for the purpose of tribute collection and (in the early colony) labor extraction; obliged the holder to Christianize and protect the Indians

(Spanish) A grant of indigenous labor given to a Spanish settler by the Spanish crown Initially, the crown saw the encomienda grant as an incentive for Spaniards to settle in the New World In return for being allowed the use of native labor, encomenderos were charged with making sure their charges were evangelized An important institution in the 16th century, encomiendas waned in the 17th

System of colonial control

Initially approved by the Spanish Crown as a way of rewarding conquistadores for outstanding service, the encomienda system helped solve the problem of a shortage of labor in the Spanish colonies In this system landlords gained control of the labor of entire villages

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