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A legal system in Colonial Spanish America by which the Spanish crown made slaves of the Native Americans.

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−	A legal system in Colonial Spanish America by which the Spanish crown ~~attempted to define the status~~ of the ~~Indian population in its American colonies~~.	+	A legal system in Colonial Spanish America by which the Spanish crown made slaves of the Native Americans.