Slavery in Spanish Colonies

Why did Spanish turn to West Africa for slaves

• laborer commercial plantations

• they were native to Spain

What was wrong with the social system that existed in Spanish Colonies

• racist

• unfair system

• led to discontent

• fair system that was successful

What was the social System in Spanish Colonies in the correct order from top to bottom

• peninsulares

  creoles

  mestizos/mulattoes

  African/natives

• creoles

  mestizos/mulattoes

  peninsulares

  African/natives

• peninsulares

  mestizos/mulattoes

  creoles

  African/natives

Spanish-born, came to Latin America; ruled, highest social class.

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

• Mestizos

• Native Americans

• enslaved person

Descendants of Spanish-born but born in Latin America; resented inferior social, political, economic status.

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

• Mestizos

• Native Americans

• enslaved person

people of Native American and European descent

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

• Mestizos

• Native Americans

• enslaved person

a member of any of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

• Mestizos

• Native Americans

• enslaved person

a person without rights or privileges who is forced to serve another

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

• Mestizos

• Native Americans

• enslaved person