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Question 1

encomienda

Answer 1

Spanish 15th – 16th century in the Spanish colonies (Greater Antilles)

Question 2

european indentureship

Answer 2

British and French in the Caribbean in the 17th century

Question 3

treatment of indians in the encomienda

Answer 3

Heavily exploitative
Indians – diseases
Disruption of life styles
Decimation of population
Overworked
Forced movement of villages

Question 4

difference between chattel slavery and european indentureship (source)

Answer 4

EUROPEAN INDENTURESHIP
Indentured servants were not easily obtained in the volume needed

CHATTEL SLAVERY

Chattel slaves could easily be obtained and a system for obtaining captured Africans became more sophisticated as demands increased.

Question 5

treatment of european indentureship

Answer 5

Heavily exploitative
Europeans often treated as slaves (flogged)
Contracts frequently abused
Also involuntary element e.g. prisoners also indentured; some kidnapped.

Question 6

difference between chattel slavery and european indentureship ( origin)

Answer 6

EUROPEAN INDENTURESHIP
Europe was the chief source of indentured labourers in the early 17th century

CHATTEL SLAVERY
Africa was the chief source of chattel slaves in the 17th and 18th centuries. Later breeding of own slaves was allowed.France was the source of engagés for French Caribbean

Question 7

difference between chattel slavery and european indentureship

Answer 7

EUROPEAN INDENTURESHIP
Prisoners of war and political prisoners from England’s war with Scotland and Ireland, Civil War and rebellions of the 1640s – 80s

CHATTEL SLAVERY

Captured Africans could be easily obtained. Forts etc were set on the African coast. Trading Companies were established