Enslaving the indigenous people of the Americas was largely unsuccessful due to their resistance to enslavement, internal social structures, and the harsh conditions of servitude that led to high mortality rates. Qualitatively, Bartolomé de las Casas noted that the indigenous population was skilled and had deep knowledge of the land, making them less compliant to forced labor. Quantitatively, it's estimated that between 1492 and 1600, the native population in the Caribbean declined by as much as 90%, largely due to disease and the brutal conditions of colonial slavery, which further underscored the impracticality of relying on indigenous people for plantation labor. This combination of resistance and demographic collapse made it difficult to maintain a stable workforce from indigenous populations.
In 3-5 sentences, explain why enslaving the indigenous people of the Americas was largely unsuccessful and filling out the need of plantation support your answer by using one piece of qualitative and one piece of quantitive information from the sample exerts below or elsewhere in Las casas’s writing
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