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In the encomienda, the Spanish crown granted a person a specified number of natives from a specific community, with the indigenous leaders in charge of mobilizing the assessed tribute and labor.
In his book The Encomienda in New Spain, historian Lesley Byrd Simpson gives and overall view of the system and gives a brief introduction as to how the system came into existence in the New World. Simpson begins the book by talking about the idea of transplanting institutions and habits of life to the New World from Europe.