HIS 7A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Debt Bondage, Encomienda, Wage Labour
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Spectrum of labor: wage labor, encomienda, debt peonage, african slavery. Indian slavery had terrible consequences for native people even far from mining centers. Wage laborers quickly went down the spectrum due to the inflation resulted in the la(cid:271)or (cid:449)as the (cid:271)iggest issue: (cid:449)age la(cid:271)orers to nati(cid:448)es" spe(cid:272)tra mining centers. Indian slavery was illegal but miners found loopholes to enslave them anyway. They were taken from very far away ex: mexico to brazil. Smelting: heat ore and use different melting temperatures of minerals to separate the silver. They began to use mercury to separate it faster and less expensive. Patio process: made the mining process simpler and more beneficial. Mercury for new spain was attained from spain, across the atlantic, in leather bags. 29% of all silver produced in the world came from the andes. Peak: (cid:1005)(cid:1010)3(cid:1004)s: (cid:1009)(cid:1009)% of the (cid:449)orld"s population. 62% of andean silver was created from this mine.
