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Agrarian Relations
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Argawanon, Zos
Chan Lim, Adrian
Lingad, James
Mendoza, John Louie
Villanueva, Laimont Ian
Agrarian Relations and Friar Lands
Agrarian Relations
Introduction
Land is essential to the Filipino. This was understood fully by our Filipino ancestors who treated
land as communal property. Land was the means to provide food for the family and the community.
The concept of private landownership was alien to our ancestors.
Society
Pre-Colonial
Barangay
Personal Possessions are important
Abundant Resources
Datu
Protector of the barangay/ Father
Sole Authority of the Barangay
Owns Largest patch of land
People
People
Did not feel opressed in serving the Datu
Gave tributes to the Datu from their own produce (Buwis)
Society
Colonial
Fear and reverence to the Datu was diminished
Natives were Catholicized
Indios became peasants
Friars
Friars
Owned lands donated to them by Spaniards and native elites
Replaced the role of datu and babaylan
People
Believed in swerte, malas, kapalaran and sugal
Excessive gambling led to their peasantry
Indios opted to work on monastic estates for pride and privilege
Friar Estates
Friar Estates
Friars imposed too high rents for the tenants
They were exempted from government taxes
They were still collecting tributes from the laborers
Chinese Mestizos
Chinese Mestizos
Traders
Leased farm lands from monastic estates
Shared tenancy with indios
Related to the indios as if equal but in reality, have higher financial status
People (Indios)
People
Kasama of mestizos in cultivating the land
Pawned land for money for cockfighting and gambling
Continued to loan from Mestizos
Land
Kasamahan Systems
Agsa Tenants
Land
Land
Conclusion
In these three periods, we can see the effect that land has on how the Philippine society runs and how it affects the relationship with the different groups.
The distribution of land refelcts the shifting power and wealth of the people