Which statement correctly contrasts the experiences of Africans and indigenous peoples in Spanish territories in the New World?
ABeginning in the mid-1500s, Spanish laws forbade the slavery of both indigenous peoples and Africans, though in practice only indigenous peoples were able to accumulate wealth in Spanish territories.
BColonizers developed a caste system in which free indigenous peoples were treated with nearly as much respect as Spanish Americans, while free Africans were treated little better than slaves.
CColonizers developed a caste system in which free Africans were treated with nearly as much respect as Spanish Americans, while free indigenous peoples were treated little better than slaves.
DBeginning in the mid-1500s, Spanish laws allowed Africans but not indigenous peoples to be enslaved, though in practice both groups continued to be treated poorly by Spanish colonists.
ABeginning in the mid-1500s, Spanish laws forbade the slavery of both indigenous peoples and Africans, though in practice only indigenous peoples were able to accumulate wealth in Spanish territories.
BColonizers developed a caste system in which free indigenous peoples were treated with nearly as much respect as Spanish Americans, while free Africans were treated little better than slaves.
CColonizers developed a caste system in which free Africans were treated with nearly as much respect as Spanish Americans, while free indigenous peoples were treated little better than slaves.
DBeginning in the mid-1500s, Spanish laws allowed Africans but not indigenous peoples to be enslaved, though in practice both groups continued to be treated poorly by Spanish colonists.