In this image, we see the Spanish army marching to Indian slaves.
There are three important things to notice in this image. One is a variety of the people, meaning that in the image we can see male, female, and children. This showing how the Spanish included all native peoples in their system of slavery. Another thing to notice is that in the image there is only one Indian slave with a feathered headdress, this shows that he would very likely have been royalty or upper class since no other Indian slaves dons such as a headdress. What this allows the viewer to learn is that the Spanish forced all Indian people into its system of slavery regardless of their social class. Secondly, another important thing to notice is where the Indian slaves are being marched to, in the image we see them being marched towards a town. This could one mean that they are currently being moved to that town to be used for household work for the civilians there or that they are coming back from doing their time in the silver mines. Lastly one of the things to be noticed is the brutality of the Spanish soldiers. In the image we see them killing Indian slaves and we also see many that are already dead. What is important about this is that the killing of the Indian population and the brutality of the slave system shows how the Spanish contributed to the large decrease of the native American population that would later be replaced by black slaves in the slave trade.
