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  2. Alipin - Wikipedia

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    It was dependent on the monetary equivalent of the obligation owed and was usually limited in duration. An alipin could earn their freedom or gain higher status by marriage, being set free by their masters (known as matitimawa or tinimawa among Visayans), buying it with their earnings, fulfillment of the obligations , or by extraordinary ...

  3. Maginoo - Wikipedia

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    The Pilipino had a three-class social structure consisting of the maginoo (royalty), the maharlika ( lit. freemen; warrior nobility), and the alipin ( serfs and slaves). Only those who could claim royal descent were included in the maginoo class. Their prominence depended on the fame of their ancestors ( bansag) or their wealth and bravery in ...

  4. Maharlika - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The maharlika ( Baybayin pre-virama: ᜋᜑᜎᜒᜃ meaning freeman or freedman) were the feudal warrior class in ancient Tagalog society in Luzon, the Philippines. They belonged to the lower nobility class similar to the timawa of the Visayan people. In modern Filipino, however, the word has come to refer to aristocrats or to royal ...

  5. Precolonial barangay - Wikipedia

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    Contemporary period (1986–present) By topic. Philippines portal. v. t. e. In early Philippine history, barangay is the term historically used by scholars [ 1] to describe the complex sociopolitical units [ 2]: 4–6 that were the dominant organizational pattern among the various peoples of the Philippine archipelago [ 3] in the period ...

  6. Tagalog people - Wikipedia

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    The Tagalog people are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Philippines, particularly the Metro Manila and Calabarzon regions and Marinduque province of southern Luzon, and comprise the majority in the provinces of Bulacan, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Aurora, and Zambales in Central Luzon and the island of Mindoro .

  7. History of Spanish slavery in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    History of Spanish slavery in the Philippines. Spanish slavery was introduced to the Philippines through the encomienda system which was instituted throughout the Indies by Nicolás de Ovando, governor of the Indies from 1502 to 1509. This system rewarded Spanish conquerors with forced labor from the native peoples.

  8. Tagalog language - Wikipedia

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    A Tagalog speaker, recorded in South Africa.. Tagalog (/ t ə ˈ ɡ ɑː l ɒ ɡ /, tə-GAH-log; [3] [tɐˈɣaː.loɡ]; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority.

  9. Timawa - Wikipedia

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    The timawa were the feudal warrior class of the ancient Visayan societies of the Philippines. They were regarded as higher than the uripon (commoners, serfs, and slaves) but below the tumao (royal nobility) in the Visayan social hierarchy. They were roughly similar to the Tagalog maharlika caste. The term later lost its military and nobility ...