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A forced labour draft that supplied miners to Potosí and other mines in the Spanish viceroyalty of Peru, 1573 to 1812; the reference entry credits Viceroy Toledo with setting it up.

1573–1812

The mining mita. A forced labour draft that supplied miners to Potosí and other mines in the Spanish viceroyalty of Peru, 1573 to 1812; the reference entry credits Viceroy Toledo with setting it up.

The mining mita involved Potosí.

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