Native indios and mestizos were from 16 to 60 years old were forced to work for 40 days every year
The polo was also a source of corruption.
The ship would sail to Acapulco de Juarez and the back to the Philippines
A lucrative business that only benefitted the few, mostly the Spanish elite
The natives, on the other hand, suffered through forced labor as sailors and rowers, and shipbuilders
The Philippines became a transshipment
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