Chattel slavery: Chattel slavery is the ownership of human beings as property, where enslaved people have no rights and can be bought, sold, or inherited by others.
Indentured servitude: Indentured servitude refers to a labor system in which individuals agreed to work for a set number of years in exchange for passage to a new country or some other form of payment.
Encomienda system: The encomienda system was a Spanish colonial institution that granted conquistadors control over indigenous peoples and required them to provide tribute and labor in exchange for protection and religious instruction.