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Repartimiento

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Re`par`ti`mi`en´to    (r?`p?r-t?`m?-?n´t?)
n.1.A partition or distribution, especially of slaves; also, an assessment of taxes.


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El centro de la Nueva Galicia conformado por una serie de valles fertiles y planicies con agua en abundancia ademas de un agradable clima, fue sumamente apreciado por los espanoles y rapidamente nacieron haciendas de trigo con obras de riego, ademas de proveerse de mano de obra indigena casi gratuita en forma de repartimientos (Gonzalez Navarro, 1977).
The Jesuits had to compete with civil officials who sent native peoples to work for Spanish settlers through repartimiento labor drafts, and Spanish hacienda and mine owners who enticed natives from the missions with jobs that were attractive to some natives who chafed under Jesuit authority.
Indians, Merchants, and Markets: A Reinterpretation of the Repartimiento and Spanish-Indian Economic Relations in Colonial Oaxaca, 1750-1821.
 
 
 
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