8 sentences with 'encomienda'

Example sentences and phrases with the word encomienda and other words derived from it.

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• « In her history paper, Zoe compared the encomienda to other forced labor practices throughout human history. »

• « A local museum exhibit displayed artifacts and documents that once belonged to an early encomienda in Mexico. »

• « The film depicted a young Indigenous family suffering under the Spanish encomienda system in 16th-century Peru. »

• « Critics argue that the legacy of the encomienda still affects social structures in parts of Latin America today. »

• « When reading about colonial policies, Maria was struck by how the encomienda granted conquistadors both land and labor. »

• « The encomienda system was accompanied by a great deal of violence. »

• « In his early years in America, he owned Indian slaves and received an encomienda. »

• « In 1515, Las Casas freed his native slaves, renounced his encomienda and began to advocate humane treatment of the native peoples. »