Encomienda: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Article title updated for style. Nov 06, 2026
Modified link of Web site: Texas Woman's University - The Encomienda. Aug 25, 2026
Add new Web site: Texas Woman's University - The Encomienda. Feb 21, 2025
Add new Web site: Duke University Press - Hispanic American Historical Review - Encomienda and Hacienda: The Evolution of the Great Estate in the Spanish Indies. Sep 17, 2024
Add new Web site: UNM Digital Repository - The Encomienda in New Mexico, 1598-1680. Jun 11, 2024
Add new Web site: New-York Historical Society - Women and the American Story - Life in Encomienda. Sep 05, 2023
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Encomienda. Sep 05, 2022
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico - The Encomienda System. Aug 14, 2019
Noted that the encomienda system was also practiced in the Philippines. Apr 10, 2019
Corrected display issue. Jan 17, 2018
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - History - Encomienda. Dec 19, 2011
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - History - Encomienda. Dec 19, 2011
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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