This Day in Labor History: April 1, 1576

On April 1, 1576, a report was published on another disease epidemic ripping through indigenous people in Mexico and undermining the Spanish forced labor force it relied on for colonization. This date itself is a window into the connections between epidemics and indigenous labor in Mexico, an important part of global labor history. First, the [] The post This Day in Labor History: April 1, 1576 appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.