The encomienda system
a. a slavery system except that the enslaved could not be sold off the land.
b. a noble attempt to care for the native people.
c. a system in which land was distributed to the native people.
d. a model for the medieval system to be developed in spain.

Thank you for posting your question here at . I hope the answer will help. The encomienda system was a slavery system except that the enslaved could not be sold off the land. The encomienda system was created by the Spanish to control and regulate American Indian labor and behavior during the colonization of the Americas.