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'''Encomienda''' was a legal system in Colonial Spanish America established by the explorer [[Christopher Columbus]] by which the Spanish crown made slaves of the Native American tribes. It was a trusteeship system, in which the conquistadors who conquered the land were given feudal authority over it. But unlike European [[feudalism]] the natives had absolutely no rights because in accordance with Church doctrine unbaptized persons had no rights.
'''Encomienda''' was a legal system in Colonial Spanish America established by the explorer [[Christopher Columbus]] by which the Spanish crown made slaves of the Native American tribes. It was a trusteeship system, in which the conquistadors who conquered the land were given feudal authority over it. But unlike European [[feudalism]] the natives had absolutely no rights because in accordance with Church doctrine unbaptized persons had no rights.
[[category:Latin America]]
[[Category:Latin America]]