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Polo y servicio
Polo y servicio, or more accurately termed the Repartimiento, also known as the prestación personal, was the corvée system with compensation imposed upon the local population in the Spanish East Indies and Spanish America during the Spanish colonial period.
The word polo refers to community work, and the laborer was called polista. The community activities that polistas have to perform may include cutting trees for timber, and building Galleon trade ships, churches, government buildings, paving roads, and bridges.
Polo y servicio was mandatory for males from 16 to 60 years old, for a 40-day period per year. The laborers could be sent to any community project, and anyone who refused was fined and imprisoned.
The Repartimiento (Polo y servicio) was imposed on the local indigenous male population in the Philippines since the late sixteenth century.
In 1863, a strong earthquake struck Manila, and killed more than a thousand people and destroyed much of the city. To support with the city reconstruction, a decree was promulgated to expand it to Spaniards and other resident foreigners in the Spanish East Indies.
In 1867, the Spanish colonial government mandated male Chinese residing in the Philippines between 18 and 60 years old, to render forced labor. Similar to the local population, the Chinese labourers were tasked with working on churches, government buildings, and roads. Chinamen who had the money preferred paying the falla of 3 pesos to be exempted from forced labour on top of the double tax (15 pesos for mestizos sangleyes) or quadruple tax (30 pesos for sangleyes) permanently resident in the islands.
Polo y servicio was employed for the construction of several churches and government projects in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period, such as:
For colonial Spain, the forced labor system was necessary to establish a reliable source of labor in the Philippines. It was also a source for government revenue as males who evaded polo y servicio had to pay the base falla, amounting to 1½ reales per day, totalling 60 reales or 7½ pesos per calendar year.
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Polo y servicio
Polo y servicio, or more accurately termed the Repartimiento, also known as the prestación personal, was the corvée system with compensation imposed upon the local population in the Spanish East Indies and Spanish America during the Spanish colonial period.
The word polo refers to community work, and the laborer was called polista. The community activities that polistas have to perform may include cutting trees for timber, and building Galleon trade ships, churches, government buildings, paving roads, and bridges.
Polo y servicio was mandatory for males from 16 to 60 years old, for a 40-day period per year. The laborers could be sent to any community project, and anyone who refused was fined and imprisoned.
The Repartimiento (Polo y servicio) was imposed on the local indigenous male population in the Philippines since the late sixteenth century.
In 1863, a strong earthquake struck Manila, and killed more than a thousand people and destroyed much of the city. To support with the city reconstruction, a decree was promulgated to expand it to Spaniards and other resident foreigners in the Spanish East Indies.
In 1867, the Spanish colonial government mandated male Chinese residing in the Philippines between 18 and 60 years old, to render forced labor. Similar to the local population, the Chinese labourers were tasked with working on churches, government buildings, and roads. Chinamen who had the money preferred paying the falla of 3 pesos to be exempted from forced labour on top of the double tax (15 pesos for mestizos sangleyes) or quadruple tax (30 pesos for sangleyes) permanently resident in the islands.
Polo y servicio was employed for the construction of several churches and government projects in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period, such as:
For colonial Spain, the forced labor system was necessary to establish a reliable source of labor in the Philippines. It was also a source for government revenue as males who evaded polo y servicio had to pay the base falla, amounting to 1½ reales per day, totalling 60 reales or 7½ pesos per calendar year.