Natives
Natives
africans
Bartolome de las casas
I believe the answer is Africans. But im nor 100% so you may have to look back at notes
To work for them.
To work for them.
The end of the encomienda system in the Americas led to a labor shortage as indigenous populations declined due to disease and mistreatment. As a result, colonizers turned to enslaving Africans to meet their labor needs, as they were seen as a more accessible and exploitable source of labor. The transatlantic slave trade grew significantly during this period to supply enslaved Africans to work in the colonies.
Bartolomé de Las Casas did not advocate for the enslavement of Africans in Spain. In fact, he was strongly opposed to the enslavement and mistreatment of indigenous people in the Spanish colonies as well. Las Casas proposed the idea of importing African slaves instead of using indigenous people as a means to protect the rights and well-being of the indigenous populations.
the colonists used natives for slave labor.
"laborer" in Spanish would be "trabajador or trabajadora".
It is a system of forced labor, for people who could not pay their taxes. It was introduced to the Spanish colonies by the Conquistadors.
Bartolomé de las Casas