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Labor System In Latin American Mita
In latin America and the Caribbean mita, slavery, and wage labor were evident as labor systems in 1750, but by 1914 wage labor became a dominate labor system.Over time, Latin America’s labor system went from slavery to indentured servitude. As a result of European conquest and colonization there was a dramatic shift in African labor from agriculture, trade, bronzing and certain specialized crafts to mine labor and felling forests. There were also certain things that remained the same, like the use of slave labor, though the magnitude of the severity and amount drastically increased. However, in 1750-1914 Mita had been implemented by European imperialistic nations such as spain. Mita imposed a forced labor system on the native people in Latin

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