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In the 17th and 18th centuries the encomienda existed alongside other forms of colonial exploitation, such as the mita and peonage. The encomienda was officially abolished by royal decrees issued between 1718 and 1791, but in the majority of Spanish colonies it was retained until the early 19th century.
During the Spanish colonial period, Spaniards developed a complex system of racial hierarchy, known as the sistema de castas. In Spanish America (and many other places), racial categories were formal legal classifications. The process of race mixture was termed mestizaje.