The encomienda, originally a system in which conquered Muslim villagers were assigned as laborers, was adapted to fit Spanish goals in the New World.

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The encomienda, originally a system in which conquered Muslim villagers were assigned as laborers, was adapted to fit Spanish goals in the New World.  ​

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The encomienda system was not originally designed for Muslim villagers but was a Spanish labor system that granted colonists the right to the labor of Indigenous peoples in the Americas.

The Encomienda, Originally a System in Which Conquered Muslim Villagers