The Repartimiento System of Native Labor in Colonial Spanish America, 1549-1601

Author

Arthur R. Steele

Publication Date

8-5-1949

Abstract

This essay will describe the early history of the second form of repartimiento discussed above, viz., the system of forced labor for pay introduced subsequent to 1549. Although the term repartimiento was generally employed in all parts of Spanish America to describe this program of compulsory native labor, special native terms were also used in particular areas. In Peru the Quechua designation mita was very frequently applied as synonymous with repartimiento, while in New Spain a modified Nahuatl word, cuatequil, came into use, although its acceptance appears to have been much less widespread.

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Latin American Studies

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Latin American Studies

First Committee Member (Chair)

Illegible

Second Committee Member

Dorothy Woodward

Third Committee Member

Illegible

Recommended Citation

Steele, Arthur R.. "The Repartimiento System of Native Labor in Colonial Spanish America, 1549-1601." (1949). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ltam_etds/44