Use the quotation to answer the question “After each has eaten his ration, they climb up the hill, each to his mine, and go in, staying there from that hour until Saturday evening without coming out of the mine; their wives bring them food, but they stay constantly underground, excavating and carrying out the ore from which they get the silver. They all have tallow candles, lighted day and night: that is the light they work with, for as they are underground, they have need for it all the time.” – Antonio Vazquez de Espinoza Question 15. This excerpt from Espinoza’s work, Compendium and Description of the West Indies describes part of what practice of the Spanish Colonial settlers? (5 points) Responses The Hacienda System, in which imported slaves were worked in mines and fields. The Hacienda System, in which imported slaves were worked in mines and fields. The Conquista System, in which indentured families were put to work on plantations and mines. The Conquista System, in which indentured families were put to work on plantations and mines. The Encomienda System, in which indigenous peoples were enslaved and forced to work in fields and mines. The Encomienda System, in which indigenous peoples were enslaved and forced to work in fields and mines. The Mission System, in which church authorities forced natives to work in mines.
