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Mita Labor Requirements and Resulting Mortality

The colonial Mita system mandated that indigenous communities supply one-seventh of their adult male population to labor in the Potosí silver and Huancavelica mercury mines. The severe labor and harsh weather conditions in these mines directly caused a high death rate among the forced workers.

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