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Fray Tomas de Mercado's and Governor John Winthrop's narratives shed light on the harsh realities of slavery and indentured servitude, underscoring the urgent need for reform to guarantee equitable and humane conditions for all laborers. Fray Tomas de Mercado's narrative vividly illustrates the brutal conditions of slavery from the economic status to emphasizing the moral vitality to reform inhumane practices and ensure fair treatment for all laborers. "They go out to hunt one another without the pretext of a war, as if they were deer; even the very Ethiopians, who are different, are being induced to do so by the profit derived. They make war on one another, their gain being the capture of their own people, and they go after one another in the forests where they usually hunt" This document from Fray Tomas de Mercados is a critique of the practice of human enslavement and hunting. It uses metaphors to convey the brutality and inhumanity of these practices, as well as the role of economic motives in their perpetuation and implies that even those who are different are being persuaded to participate in this brutal practice because of the profit. This highlights the role of economic motives in.