The

Philippines
in Rizal's
time
 AN
OVERVIEW:

Overview of Spanish Slavery

The Spanish Colonial System
The Evils of Spanish
Colonial system
Overview of Spanish
Slavery

Seville, 2nd largest slave market

Slaves were usually blacks from Africa
Moros taken captives in wars
import fee
work as bakers, jewelers, stonemason, tailors rent
his slave

Rolena Park Church | Jan. 2020

 A child of a slave was automatically the master's
possession
Child of a clergy was automatically the slave of the
church

LAWS OF INDIES

Spanish tariff duties are to be collected on slaves the

same as on other merchandise

Slavery
Rolena Park Church | Jan. 2020
The Spanish Colonial
System
Political System
Social System
The Evils of Spanish
Colonial system
Encomienda System
The Tribute
The Polo
Bandala
Divide and Rule
Guardia civil
Corrupt Spanish Officialdom
Denial of Human Rights
Maladministration of Justice
Racial Discrimination
Frailocracy
 Political System

• Governor-General –representative of the Spanish king in

the Philippines
• Royal Audiencia – Supreme Court (judicial, legislative,
executive powers)
• Residencia – judicial body
• Visita – investigating agency, officer Visitador
 Social System - Feudalism

Feudal society is a military

hierarchy in which a ruler or lord
Peninsulares Spanish Officials

offers mounted fighters a fief

(medieval beneficium), a unit of
land to control in exchange for a
military service

Mestizos Spaniards born in

America

Indios Lowest class

The Evils of Spanish
Colonial system
Encomienda System
The Tribute
The Polo
Bandala
Divide and Rule
Guardia civil
Corrupt Spanish Officialdom
Denial of Human Rights
Maladministration of Justice
Racial Discrimination
Frailocracy
 The Evils of Spanish Colonial
system
• Encomienda System – granted land to individuals
rendered great service to Spain
• Encomendar – entrust to one’s care
• Tribute
• 8 reales (one peso) kind or money
• 1851, 12 reales
• 1884,cedula replaced
• Polo (Forced Labor) 16-60 years old
• 40 days forced labor reduced to 15 days
 The Evils of Spanish Colonial system

• Bandala-annual quota, compulsory to sale products, tobacco monopoly

• Divide and rule

• -military used services natives
• Filipinos fight and kill each other
• Guardia Civil – untrained, agents of abuses, looting their carabaos,
chickens, raping helpless women

• Corrupt Spanish Official

• Gen. Rafael de Izquierdo GomBurZA
 The Evils of Spanish Colonial system

Denial of Human rights

• Freedom of the press

• Racial Discrimination
• Freedom of speech • Frailocracy- rule of the friars
• Freedom to association • Govern the country indirectly

• Right to life and liberty