Le hacienda yayiyingxenye yamazwe uMqhele owanikeza uCortés ngokunikeza isihloko seMarquis sesigodi sase-Oaxaca.
Lapha uCortés wafaka isigayo sesibili esasungulwa eNew Spain, esaba, kanye no-Orizaba, onamandla kunabo bonke e-viceroyalty.
Isungulwe ngo-1542, lesi sigayo saqala ukuthuthukiswa eNew Spain kwimboni kashukela, eyayizobaluleka kakhulu kwizimali zoMqhele WaseSpain. Kusukela yaqala, i-hacienda yayinezindawo eziqinile futhi ezivulekile nomsele omkhulu wamanzi, owawuyivumela ukuthi ithole ukukhiqizwa kukashukela okwandayo.
Njengakwamanye ama-haciendas angaleso sikhathi, kwakhiwa umphakathi onezimpawu ezihluke kakhulu kulezo zasemaphandleni asendulo amaNdiya. Njengoba babengakwazi ukumelana nomsebenzi onzima odingwa yizigayo, izigqila ezinemvelaphi yase-Afrika zaqala ukwethulwa zivela kwa-Antilles, ezingathathanga isikhathi eside ukuxubana, ikakhulukazi nabomdabu, okwenza iqembu elisha eNew Spain. Kuyaziwa ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi, uCortés wayenabamnyama abalinganiselwa ku-60, phakathi kwabesilisa nabesifazane, ngaphezu kwezigqila ezingama-120 zaseNdiya ezazisebenza kanzima.
Le hacienda yahlala ezandleni zezindlalifa zaseCortés kwaze kwaba sekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, futhi namuhla izakhiwo zalo ziguqulwe zaba ihhotela nendawo yazo zonke izinhlobo zemicimbi.
Umthombo: I-Aeroméxico Tips No. 23 Morelos / spring 2002
