The Spaniards enslaved the Taínos (the native inhabitants of the island), many of whom died as a result of new infectious diseases and the Spaniards' oppressive colonization efforts.
當時西班牙人奴役了島上的本地居民泰諾人，其中許多人因新的傳染病和西班牙人的壓迫性殖民政策而死亡。