Indian Slavery in Spanish Guatemala, 1524-1550

Author

William L. Sherman

Publication Date

12-27-1966

Abstract

Some understanding of the state of native labor in the Indies is fundamental to an appreciation of post-Conquest society in the New World. The social and economic implications of Indian servitude are of such magnitude that they transcend other more dramatic aspects of Spanish domination in the sixteenth century. For Indian labor--certainly in the first decades--was the base upon which Spanish society reated; without it there waa a very real possibility of the abandonment of many American kingdoms. The degrees to which the conqueror depended upon the vanquished at once reflects the weak edifice of colonial society and defines the relationship between the two races.

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Degree Name

History

Department Name

History

First Committee Member (Chair)

Troy Smith Floyd

Second Committee Member

Edwin Lieuwen

Third Committee Member

Unknown

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Recommended Citation

Sherman, William L.. "Indian Slavery in Spanish Guatemala, 1524-1550." (1966). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds/273