Definition of "repartimiento" [‖Re•par•ti•mi•en•to]

• A partition or distribution, especially of slaves. (noun)
• An assessment of taxes. (noun)

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• "This experience launched Las Casas on his lifelong crusade against mistreatment of Indians, as exemplified by two institutions known as the encomienda and the repartimiento."
• "The repartimiento-encomienda, which developed early on, was an institution of great political, social, and economic importance."
• "Throughout the Spanish domains—especially in the Caribbean and coastal areas—sugar plantations and mills evolved on the basis of slave labor, while haciendas used forced Indian labor (mita in Peru and repartimiento in New Spain) and resorted to debt peonage to retain workers."