repartimiento

American  

[ri-pahr-ti-myen-toh] / rɪˌpɑr tɪˈmjɛn toʊ /

noun

• repartimientos
  plural

1. History/Historical. in colonial Spanish America, a system of allotting to colonists or colonial enterprises Indigenous laborers to carry out forced labor in mines or in agriculture.

2. History/Historical. an allotment of Indigenous laborers granted under this system.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• repartimientos
  plural

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Example Sentences

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repartimiento repartimientos

It was eventually replaced by another colonial labor system, the repartimiento, which required Native towns to supply a pool of labor for Spanish overlords.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014

In addition, he passionately adjured Velasquez, for the sake of his own soul, to free all the natives and to abolish the repartimiento system.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

On his death the king resumed to himself the island of Mona, which he had given to him for life, and transferred his repartimiento of two hundred Indians to the vice-queen Doña Maria.

From The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) by Washington Irving

The encomenderos urged that the governor should make the number of each repartimiento equal to the list.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 03 of 55 1569-1576 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Emma Helen Blair

Your Majesty gave him the government and a certain repartimiento for two generations.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 09 of 55 1593-1597 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson

But the Cardinal died in 1517; after which all the exertions of las Casas and the Dominicans could not shake the repartimientos.

From History of the Buccaneers of America by James Burney

Roldan retained his office of chief justice; and such of his followers as chose to remain in the island were gratified with repartimientos of land and labour.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

After the repartimientos were abrogated, the Indians were compelled to assemble, on every Sabbath, in the public squares of the villages and towns, where they made their contracts of service by the day.

From Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California by Brantz Mayer

The king ordered that all processes against him in the court of appeal and elsewhere, for damages done to individuals in regulating the repartimientos, should be discontinued, and the cases sent to himself for consideration.

From The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) by Washington Irving

In the meanwhile, the least amount of tribute possible Page 233should be taken for the support of all, considering that it is not owed; and those who have repartimientos should support those who have not.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 03 of 55 1569-1576 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Emma Helen Blair

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