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Encomienda or Repartimiento de Indios (Grant of indians for labor)

Encomienda or Repartimiento de Indios (Grant of indians for labor)

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Encomienda or Repartimiento de Indios (Grant of indians for labor)

by Diego Fernández de Córdoba y López de las Roelas, 1st Marquess of Guadalcázar (1578-1630)

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Mr. Juan Bautista de Guemes bought an Hacienda in the villages of Tepexpan and Tequisquitlan, with many oxen and other cattle, which makes labor very hard and plenty, therefore he is requesting that Indians be assigned to him as have been assigned to other nearby Haciendas.

The viceroy sends the Lieutenant of Repartimiento from Tacuba to check the Hacienda. He reports some land is irrigated and some not, much livestock, wheat and barley. There is need for labor.

The Viceroy orders the Lieutenant to assign Indians to this Hacienda in the same amount as the others have received, and to register them in the Book of Repartimientos. He reminds him that the Indians must be well treated and they need to receive payment for their work. One sheet on both sides. Folio (11 1/4" x 8 1/3") hand written and signed by the Viceroy Marques de Guadalcazar.

Diego Fernández de Córdoba y López de las Roelas, 1st Marquess of Guadalcázar was Viceroy of Mexico from October 18, 1612 to March 14, 1621 and Viceroy of Peru from July 25, 1622 to January 14, 1629. Fernández de Córdoba was named viceroy of New Spain by King Philip III of Spain, for whom he had served as lord of the bedchamber. Early in his mandate in New Spain, he sent Captain Diego Martínez de Hurdáiz to suppress an uprising of the Tehuecos, an ethnic subgroup of the Cahuitas of Sinaloa. Martínez de Hurdáiz was successful after fighting several battles. The viceroy also founded many cities, including Lerma (1613), Córdoba (1618), and Guadalcázar (1620). The Mexican Córdoba, in what is now Veracruz State, was founded in part to help suppress marauding bands of escaped black slaves that preyed on travelers between Veracruz and Mexico City. He also completed the Fort of San Diego in Acapulco, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Condition: Four folds, some spotting and foxing, edge wear with some chips else very good. Provenance from a long time collector (30 years) who has begun to dispose of his collection purchased at auction.

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The repartimiento was not slavery, in that the worker is not owned outright—being free in various respects other than in the dispensation of his or her labor—and the work was intermittent. However, it created slavery-like conditions in certain areas. In New Spain, the collapse of indigenous populations from conquest and disease led to a shift from the encomienda system to pueblos de indios, as the encomienda system no longer made economic sense since there were not enough Amerindians remaining. They needed to consolidate labor, which they did in a process known as reducciones.

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Title
Encomienda or Repartimiento de Indios (Grant of indians for labor)
Author
Diego Fernández de Córdoba y López de las Roelas, 1st Marquess of Guadalcázar (1578-1630)
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Manuscript
Publisher
Manuscript
Place of Publication
Mexico City
Date Published
1617
Pages
1 sheet
Size
Folio
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
Mexico
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Colonial America;

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