The Chile slavery laws of the Recopilación (libro VI, título II)

The título of the Indies code headed "De la libertad de los Indios" is where Spanish law made exceptions to its own principle, and where it took one back. Its laws forbid selling an Indian "porque son de su naturaleza libres", licence the enslavement of Carib and Mindanao captives, recite the case for enslaving the Mapuche — then revoke it, order those already sold out of Chile brought home, name the three devices that kept the trade alive, and record that Chile's governor had suspended it.