HIS 315K Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: History Of Latin America, Inca Mythology, Nahua Peoples
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I have very limited knowledge of any latin american history, let alone the pre-conquest indigenous peoples so most of what i read was completely new information. However, the three facts/interpretations that most surprised me were: 1) in latin america in. Colonial times, restall and lane talk about the sudden drop in population once the. They might not have known that the (cid:374)ati(cid:448)es did(cid:374)"t have an immunity to them, but that does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ake the(cid:373) (cid:271)la(cid:373)eless. 2) i found it very interesting, learning about the nahua slaves. Honestly, i had never thought about native americans participating in that act, and i appreciated that fact that the slaves were treated more humanely than in other societies. Apparently, (cid:862)all children were born free,(cid:863) regardless of the (cid:373)other"s status. 2 and mothers were not sold away from their children,3 although it seems they found less fault in selling the children away from their mothers.
