in colonial Spanish America, legal system by which the Spanish crown attempted to define the status of the Indian population in its American ... [12 related articles]
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In colonial Spanish America, the granting of Indian people as slaves to individual conquistadors (settlers) by the Spanish crown. The system was based on the assignment of Moorish villages to...
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the system, instituted in 1503, under which a Spanish soldier or colonist was granted a tract of land or a village together with its Indian inhabitants. · the land or village together with its inhabitants.
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A fiduciary grant of tribute collection rights over Indians conferred by the Spanish crown on individual colonists, who in turn undertook to maintain order and propagate Christianity.
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