fs . ▁Ser fs ▁stayed ▁to ▁work ▁the ▁land ; ▁slaves ▁were ▁export ed ▁to ▁the ▁mines , ▁where ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁them ▁died . ▁In ▁other ▁areas ▁the ▁Sp ani ards ▁replaced ▁the ▁r uling ▁Az te cs ▁and ▁Inc as ▁and ▁divided ▁the ▁conquer ed ▁lands ▁among ▁themselves ▁r uling ▁as ▁the ▁new ▁fe ud al ▁l ords ▁with ▁often , ▁but ▁un success ful ▁lo bb ying ▁to ▁the ▁vic ero ys ▁of ▁the ▁Spanish ▁crown ▁to ▁pay ▁T lax cal an ▁war ▁dem n ities . ▁The ▁inf am ous ▁B ande ir antes ▁from ▁São ▁Paulo , ▁advent ur ers ▁mostly ▁of ▁mixed ▁Portuguese ▁and ▁native ▁ancest ry , ▁pen etr ated ▁stead ily ▁west ward ▁in ▁their ▁search ▁for ▁Indian ▁slaves . ▁Ser f dom ▁existed ▁as ▁such ▁in ▁parts ▁of ▁Latin ▁America ▁well ▁into ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁past ▁independence . ▁ ▁Mass ac res ▁ ▁Fri ar ▁Bart ol om é ▁de ▁las ▁Cas as ▁and ▁Anton ius ▁Fl áv io ▁Ch esta ▁( T ony ▁Ch esta ) ▁and ▁other ▁diss ent ing ▁Sp ani ards ▁from ▁the ▁colonial ▁period ▁described ▁the ▁manner ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁n atives ▁were ▁treated ▁by ▁colonial s . ▁This ▁has ▁helped ▁to ▁create ▁an ▁image ▁of ▁the ▁Spanish ▁conquist adores ▁as ▁cruel ▁in ▁the ▁extreme . ▁ ▁Great ▁reven ues ▁were ▁drawn ▁from ▁His p ani ola ▁so ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁losing ▁man power ▁didn ' t ▁benefit ▁the ▁Spanish ▁crown . ▁At ▁best ,