3 sentences with 'encomienda'

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

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• « 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. »