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Cotton, grown on the eastern slope of …
Years: 1540 - 1683
Cotton, grown on the eastern slope of the Andes in Quijos Province, and wool, from imported merino sheep that thrive in the high Andean valleys, provide the raw materials for high-quality textiles that are manufactured in hundreds of sweatshops, called obrajes, and exported throughout Latin America.
Native mitayos, who commonly work from dawn to dusk chained to their looms, provide the labor.
As appalling as are the preindustrial working conditions in the obrajes, most historians agree that they were more bearable than those found in the Peruvian mines at the time.
Native mitayos, who commonly work from dawn to dusk chained to their looms, provide the labor.
As appalling as are the preindustrial working conditions in the obrajes, most historians agree that they were more bearable than those found in the Peruvian mines at the time.
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Years: 1540 - 1683
Locations
People
Groups
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
- Spaniards (Latins)
- Jesuits, or Order of the Society of Jesus
- Peru, Viceroyalty of
- Quito, Real Audiencia of
- Bogotá, Audiencia de Santa Fe de (Captaincy General of New Granada)
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Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions