I recently had a conversation with my niece in New York, NY and asked her how her senior year in high school was going. She replied, "I'm bored and there is nothing to do here!" Very interesting because I expected that answer when I talked to my niece in Cowpens, SC, but not my niece in big old NYC!
Encomienda was a system of slavery or enslavement introduced by the Spanish in order to control the Tainos (arawaks). Under this system some tianos were given to a Spanish colonist to work and in return the colonist were to educate them about the Catholic religion and supply them with food, clothing and shelter. They however received none of the things they were promised, instead the received only harsh treatment in return.
Slavery was adopted by the plantation owners who were in need and were in search of labour to work on their plantations. This resulted in the planters capturing and bringing people from other countries to work on the plantation estates.
