Which of the following describes the encomienda system set up by the spanish?
a system allowing landowners to grant portions of their land to the slaves who worked it after a certain amount of time had passed
a system that allowed officials to take care of indians in exchange for labor, but often became enslavement
a system that imported african slaves to farm tobacco plantations in the north america
a system that rewarded certain native american slaves who performed well by granting them pardons