Labor systems ap world

Chattel slavery

People were legally treated as property and could be bought or sold. Americas

Indentured servitude

Workers agreed to work for a certain number of years, often in exchange for transportation or repayment of a debt. Colonial Americas

Encomienda system

Spanish colonists received rights to demand labor or tribute from Indigenous communities. Spanish Americas

Hacienda

Large agricultural estates employing dependent laborers, sometimes through debt peonage. Latin America

Serfdom

Peasants were legally tied to land and owed labor or payments to landowners. Russia and Eastern Europe