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slave labor. When the Europeans landed on the Americas, they encountered a different race. This race consisted of different Indian tribes. Before the Europeans came to either continent, both cultures flourished by establishing governments, religions and a way of living their own lives.
The Indians were located in the Americas and they also were ultimately taken advantage of because the Europeans thought of them as an inferior race. Why inferior? Well, the Europeans thought their way was the best way to live life. Like Europeans, exploration was done to gain profits and accumulate more wealth. Unlike the Africans, the Indians were initially forced into slavery. They did not have anything to gain. Most of the Africans who offered slave labor, gained trading privileges. The Indians were forced to adopt Christian beliefs. If it was not adopted, the Europeans would essentially deal with the situation as they saw fit. Some adopted well, while others died in vain as they ...

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up to benefit the Indians. The repartimiento took the Indians away from their homes and ultimately from their families, sometimes never to return. The encomienda was one of the few legal ways in which the Europeans exploited the Indians. The encomienda was the idea of the Crown granting the leading official who risked his life in frontier warfare, Indians to work for him. The encomienda was created to collect tribute, which the Crown determined that all native subjects owed to him. This power entitled to the leading officials, was terribly abused. In this form of exploitation, the Indians were destined to never get their freedom. The encomienda was so intense, the Indians could be ...

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