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  • Mesoamerican civilization
    pre-Columbian civilizations
    / Social and political organization

    …the Aztec social system were pawns and enslaved persons. The former were poor men who could sell themselves or members of their household for a specified period of time. Their rights were carefully defended by Aztec law, and they were not enslaved but more like indentured servants. Truly enslaved people…

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    …the Aztec social system were pawns and enslaved persons. The former were poor men who could sell themselves or members of their household for a specified period of time. Their rights were carefully defended by Aztec law, and they were not enslaved but more like indentured servants. Truly enslaved people…

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