How were the heciendas and encomiendas related?

Haciendas and encomiendas were both systems of land management and labor used during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Encomiendas granted Spanish settlers the right to extract labor and tribute from Indigenous people in a specific area, often leading to exploitation. As colonial society evolved, many encomienda lands transitioned into haciendas, which were large agricultural estates that relied on a combination of Indigenous labor, enslaved Africans, and later, wage laborers. Thus, while encomiendas were an early form of land and labor control, haciendas represented a more developed and permanent agricultural system.