The idea of repartimiento refers to the distribution or partition of something.
Repartimiento is the action and result of distributing . This verb , for its part, refers to fragmenting or dividing something to distribute it . For example: “I think the division of tasks was not fair: I got the most difficult ones,” “The businessman decided to divide up his belongings before moving to India, where he plans to develop a new life,” “ “The distribution of assistance to flood victims is being carried out in an ineffective manner.”
In addition to all of the above, we must emphasize that repartir is a verb that derives from Latin, specifically from "repartire" and that it is made up of two clearly differentiated parts: the prefix "re-", which can be translated as "repetition", and the verb “partire”, which is synonymous with “divide”.
The concept of repartimiento is also used to name the document in which what has been distributed is recorded: “According to the repartimiento, each family received a two-hectare plot of land so that they can build their home and plant the land,” “The distribution does not clarify the details of the funds nor does it explain how they have been distributed,” “An audit would have to be carried out to confirm the data that appears in the distribution.”
distribution of Indians
In the colonial era of America , there was what was known as the Indian repartimiento . It was a system of exploitation that forced Native Americans to work for the Spanish in exchange for minimal pay. The conquerors distributed the Aboriginal labor among the owners of different mining and agricultural operations, leaving the natives obliged to obey their bosses. Once the working season was over, the aborigines were sent back to their reductions.
From the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the 19th century, the distribution of Indians was effective, replacing the encomienda established from the first moment by the discoverer Christopher Columbus. It must be emphasized that this system of forced use of what was labor of Aboriginal origin was based on three fundamental principles or maxims:
-Forced remuneration, based on the amounts established by the existing authorities.
-The weekly rotation.
-Coercion on indigenous people.
In the colonial period of America there was a system of exploitation known as Indian repartimiento.
System end
It was in countries like Guatemala or Mexico where this aforementioned distribution had greater development and use during the aforementioned centuries. A system that established that Aboriginal people who were male and between the ages of 16 and 60 had to work forcibly on tasks assigned to them.
When the abolition of this system of forced use of labor became truly effective was in the year 1812, through the well-known Spanish Constitution of that year, which was popularly called La Pepa. A complete abolition of the same to which a series of nuances and issues were also added to ensure that not only this measure was made known in all the corners where the repartimiento of Indians had been used but also so that it became truly effective.
Distribution in the Middle Ages
In the Middle Ages , finally, this concept was also used.
In this framework, the repartimiento was a process that consisted of distributing the homes of those towns reconquered by the Christians among the soldiers who participated in the campaign.