Forced Labor and Distribution of Goods in the Territory of the Frontier Government of San Luis de Colotlán during the XVII Century and Parts of the XVIII Century

 

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Egilea: Rojas Galván, José
Formatua: artículo original
Egoera:Versión publicada
Argitaratze data:2025
Deskribapena:Forced labor and the distribution of merchandise were two practices commonly carried out by authorities of the viceroyalty of New Spain, despite being prohibited by Spanish legislation. The objective of this article is to analyze the role played by royal and military officials in the promotion and execution of these practices in the government of San Luis de Colotlán, which was located in the Northwestern region of New Galicia. The method used is that of historical reconstruction, which is based on the criticism of first-hand sources to recreate the facts of the past, which come from archives in Spain and Mexico. The results show that, despite the prohibition of such practices, employees of the Spanish Crown sought to obtain extra income to enrich themselves or ensure their own sustenance through the violent imposition of forced labor and the forced distribution of goods to the indigenous groups of the territory of Colotlán, although not without resistance, since on more than one occasion they generated disputes at different levels and with different results.
Herria:Portal de Revistas UCR
Erakundea:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Hizkuntza:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/58879
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/humanidades/article/view/58879
Gako-hitza:población indígena
trabajo forzoso
México
resistencia a la opresión
abuso de autoridad
indigenous population
forced labor
Mexico
resistance to oppression
authority abuse
pupulação indígena
trabalho forçado
resistência à opressão
abuso de autoridade