David E. Stannard argued in his best-known book that this system, utilized by an “optimizing imperialist,” contributed to a “magnification of the firestorm of human devastation.” This system evolved from a medieval system that granted nobles a title translated as “advanced” for being “one who goes before.” People under this system were often forced into settlements known as reductions. This system was gradually phased out after the passage of the New Laws under Charles I, which replaced this system with the repartimiento system. In the Valladolid debate, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda defended this system against Bartolomé de las Casas. For 10 points, name this colonial system where Spanish conquistadores extracted tribute and labor from indigenous subjects on their land. ■END■
ANSWER: encomienda system [accept encomendero; prompt on Indigenous slavery or colonization or colonialism or forced labor or esclavitud or colonialismo or colonización; prompt on entrustment] (The David E. Stannard book is American Holocaust. Ronald Batchelder and Nicolas Sanchez described colonial Spain as an “optimizing imperialist” in its use of the encomienda system. The medieval title is the adelantado.)
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