encomienda
Spanish labor grant
Encomienda was a Spanish colonial system granting colonizers the right to extract labor and tribute from indigenous people in a defined territory.
In theory, recipients were to protect and Christianize their charges; in practice, the system enabled brutal exploitation.
The word now appears mainly in historical discussions of colonial Latin America.
Spanish colonial soldiers
- viceroyaltyTerritory under delegated sovereignty
- Spanish EmpireHistorical Iberian colonial power
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- AmericasWestern Hemisphere landmasses
New World · conquest · indigenous · missions · haciendas · repartimiento · settlers · territories
Compelled toil, no consent
- tributeOffering of respect
- subjugationForcing into submission
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
servitude · extraction · coercion · deprivation · injustice · plunder · tyranny · dominance
Offering of respect
- forced laborCompelled toil, no consent
- repartimientoDistributing among recipients
- miningExtracting earth's resources
- toilStrenuous, prolonged effort
servitude · peonage · taskmaster · overseer · quotas · plantation work · domestic service
Yielding a point
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- allocationDistribution of shares
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
- trusteeshipFiduciary guardianship position
assignment · charter · authorization · bequest · benefice · tenure · revocation · inheritance
conquistadors
Spanish colonial soldiers
- viceroyaltyTerritory under delegated sovereignty
- Spanish EmpireHistorical Iberian colonial power
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
Americas · New World · conquest · indigenous · missions · haciendas · repartimiento · settlers · territories · Columbus
forced labor
Compelled toil, no consent
- tributeOffering of respect
- subjugationForcing into submission
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
abuse · servitude · extraction · coercion · deprivation · injustice · plunder · tyranny · dominance · marginalization
tribute
Offering of respect
- forced laborCompelled toil, no consent
- repartimientoDistributing among recipients
- miningExtracting earth's resources
toil · servitude · peonage · taskmaster · overseer · quotas · plantation work · domestic service
concession
Yielding a point
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- allocationDistribution of shares
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
trusteeship · assignment · charter · authorization · bequest · benefice · tenure · revocation · inheritance
encomiendachattel slavery
Persons owned as movable property
wage labor · repartimiento · indentured servitude · self-employment · hacienda
encomiendaindigenous sovereignty
Native peoples' self-governance rights
self-governance · decolonization · self-determination · liberation
encomiendafree market
Commerce without state intervention
laissez-faire · capitalism · economic freedom · abolition · emancipation
command, recommend, commend, recommended, recommendation, commendable, recommending, commendation, recommends