All of these buildings were built largely with unpaid native labor under Franciscan supervision.

The others replied that native labor wasn't even worth two-fifty a year.

He built the church with native labour, furnishing it beautifully inside, mostly at his own expense.

The economy here during the colonial period was dominated by haciendas that exploited the native labor of the region.

So he broke the power of the encomenderos and reduced the old system of forced native labor.

They did not work at all with the government officials, and without native labor the mine was worthless.

However, he is also remembered as one who made his fortune by cruelly exploiting native labor.

At the same time, newly arriving Spanish immigrants expected access to the economic benefits of native labor.

Within the first year a chapel, granary, tack room, and three other rooms had been constructed, all using native labor.

Originally most did not intend to exploit native labor and resources, as colonizers do.