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Which of the following best describes the use of Taino labor by the Spanish?
Multiple Choice
Through the encomienda system, the Taino were pressured to work hard but were allowed to have their own managers to take care of their
communities.
It was effectively a system of brutal slavery organized through the encomienda system.
The Spanish encouraged the Taino to produce greater quantities of gold than they were used to, but the arrangement was largely a
beneficial and commercial one to both communities.
It operated mostly as a goods-for-service trading system, though the Taino received much less in goods than they provided in services like
mining.
The Taino were forced to work for the Spanish primarily in agricultural pursuits, especially the production of tobacco.