Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
The practice of enslaving Indigenous peoples or forcing them to work in mines and on European-owned plantations and haciendas as part of colonial labor systems.
AP course connection
Topic 4.7: 4.7 Changing Social Hierarchies: Class and Race from 1450-1750