The Spanish crown, initiating a form of…

1503 CE

The Spanish crown, initiating a form of slavery known as encomienda, begins in 1503 to grant or deed (encomendar) loyal colonists in Hispaniola a certain number of natives to use as laborers for a specific number of days a year.

The colonist (“encomendero”) so favored must pledge to look after his charges' health, pay them wages, and encourage their conversion to Christianity.

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Bartolomé de las Casas View → Christopher Columbus View → Francisco Pizarro View → Isabella I of Castile View → Juan Ponce de León y Figueroa View → Juan de la Cosa View → Martín Alonso Pinzón View → Nicolás de Ovando View → Vasco Núñez de Balboa View →

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Arawak peoples (Amerind tribe) View → Kalinago (Amerind tribe) View → Lucayans View → Taíno View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → Aragón, Kingdom of View → Aragon, Crown of View → Castile, Crown of View → Canary Islands (Castilian colony) View → Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of View →

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Age of Discovery View → Canary Islands, conquest of the View → Colonization of the Americas, Spanish View →

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