The [[Catholic Monarchs]] asked the [[Salamanca]] University if the people of the [[New World]] were worthy of being evangelized, the answer was yes and this they were considered humans with a soul, like the Europeans. The ''Encomienda'' system was put in place, being reformed with the [[Burgos Laws]] against slavery. Queen Isabel the Catholic prohibited slavery on June 20, 1500,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.acami.es/efemerides/20-de-junio-de-1500real-provision-de-isabel-i-de-castilla-prohibiendo-la-esclavitud/|title=20 de junio de 1500|publisher=Academia de Ciencia y Artes Militares|language=es}}</ref> following the Catholic doctrine and the advice of the Salamanca University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libertaddigital.com/cultura/2014-03-16/desmontando-la-falsa-leyenda-negra-de-isabel-la-catolica-1276513241/|title=Desmontando "la falsa leyenda negra" de Isabel La Católica|March 16, 2014|publisher=Libertad Digital|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.larazon.es/cultura/isabel-la-catolica-la-reina-que-libero-a-los-esclavos-KD24722080/|title=Isabel la Católica, la reina que liberó a los esclavos|date=February 28, 2019|language=es|publisher=La Razón}}</ref> | The [[Catholic Monarchs]] asked the [[Salamanca]] University if the people of the [[New World]] were worthy of being evangelized, the answer was yes and this they were considered humans with a soul, like the Europeans. The ''Encomienda'' system was put in place, being reformed with the [[Burgos Laws]] against slavery. Queen Isabel the Catholic prohibited slavery on June 20, 1500,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.acami.es/efemerides/20-de-junio-de-1500real-provision-de-isabel-i-de-castilla-prohibiendo-la-esclavitud/|title=20 de junio de 1500|publisher=Academia de Ciencia y Artes Militares|language=es}}</ref> following the Catholic doctrine and the advice of the Salamanca University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libertaddigital.com/cultura/2014-03-16/desmontando-la-falsa-leyenda-negra-de-isabel-la-catolica-1276513241/|title=Desmontando "la falsa leyenda negra" de Isabel La Católica|March 16, 2014|publisher=Libertad Digital|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.larazon.es/cultura/isabel-la-catolica-la-reina-que-libero-a-los-esclavos-KD24722080/|title=Isabel la Católica, la reina que liberó a los esclavos|date=February 28, 2019|language=es|publisher=La Razón}}</ref> |