Overview of coerced labor systems
Chattel slavery in the Americas
The encomienda system
The mita system
The hacienda and debt peonage
Russian serfdom
Indentured servitude
Comparative analysis
Primary sources
Antonio Vazquez de Espinosa on Potosi mita (c. 1620)
Richard Ligon on slavery in Barbados (1657)
Ivan Pososhkov on Russian serfdom (c. 1724)
Key figures
Key events summary
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Vocabulary
Unit 4 topics
Unit 4 overview4.10Comparison of Coerced Labor Systems4.1Technological Innovations from 1450 to 17504.2Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 17504.3Columbian Exchange4.4Maritime Empires Established4.5Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed4.6Internal and External Challenges to State Power from 1450 to 17504.7Changing Social Hierarchies from 1450 to 17504.8Continuity and Change from 1450 to 17504.9The Atlantic Slave Trade