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The document summarizes the social structure and land ownership in the Philippines before and after Spanish colonization. Before the Spanish arrived, the Philippines was ruled by local datus and comprised of nobles, freemen, serfs, and slaves, with all classes having access to land. The Spanish introduced the encomienda system of land grants, which devolved into abuse by encomienderos who collected tributes from native Filipinos and transformed them into share tenants, concentrating land ownership among a f

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ken

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