- Social History
- "The history of how people lived"
- Class
- Race (and ethnicity)
- Gender
- Labor (what did people do for a living?)
- Rights and freedoms
- Family
- Economy and Labor in New Spain
- Silver
- Two big silver mines
- Potosi
- Present-day Bolivia (South America)
- Xacatecas
- Agriculture
- Farming
- Encomienda System
- Means "estate"
- Owned by Spanish States
- Complete with native workers!
- Natives
- Why would it end up being outlawed by the King of Spain after 40 years?
- The King actually cared about the wellbeing of the slaves!
- Workers -> Provide labor
- Spanish -> "Protection"
- Debt Peonage
- Replaces the encomienda system
- Landowner
- Peon
- Cannot ever pay back the loan!
- The Mita System
- Used at Potosi
- Silver miners
- Actually paid! (a little tho)
- Drafted by a government
feb 5 2016 ∞
feb 8 2016 +