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Author Sherman, William L.

Title Forced native labor in sixteenth-century Central America / William L. Sherman.

Imprint Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1979.

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Description xvi, 496 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-477) and index.
Contents Prehispanic slavery -- slavery and the Spanish conquest -- Slaves of Rescate -- the slave trade -- The branding of slaves -- Prices and numbers of slaves -- Personal service: forced tributary labor, 1524-49 -- The Cerrato Reform -- Reaction to the reforms -- Repartimiento Labor -- Varieties of forced labor, 1550-1600 -- Agricultural labor -- The native aristocracy under Spanish rule -- Indian women and the Spaniards -- Postscript -- Appendix a: Indian populations -- Appendix B: Spanish Vecinos in Central America during the first century of colonization.
Subject Indians, Treatment of -- Central America -- History.
Forced labor -- Central America -- History -- 16th century.
Working class -- Central America -- History -- 16th century.
Slavery -- Central America -- History -- 16th century.
ISBN 0803241003

 
    
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