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Kas 1 - Social Classes

The document summarizes the social classes in pre-colonial Philippine society. There were three main classes: nobles at the top who had political power and influence; freemen in the middle who paid taxes but had more rights; and dependents at the bottom who could inherit or acquire dependent status and were types of slaves with varying levels of obligations to their masters. The classes were further divided into subgroups according to their specific social roles, rights, and responsibilities within the class system.

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Kas 1 - Social Classes

The document summarizes the social classes in pre-colonial Philippine society. There were three main classes: nobles at the top who had political power and influence; freemen in the middle who paid taxes but had more rights; and dependents at the bottom who could inherit or acquire dependent status and were types of slaves with varying levels of obligations to their masters. The classes were further divided into subgroups according to their specific social roles, rights, and responsibilities within the class system.

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SOCIAL CLASSES Gintubo

o Aliping Saguiguilid
Any member of the social classes could go up or No property of his own
down the social ladder depending upon the Lived with the master
attendant circumstances Could not even marry
Nobles without the masters
- Chiefs and their families (1) consent
o Binukot women of chiefly rank Hayupay
protected from the prying eyes of - Visayans: Oripun
others (confined in a room) o Tumataban / Tumutulong - worked
- Tumao / Maharlika blood relatives of the for his master when summoned to
ruling datu, but not close kinsmen & those do so / 5 days a month
who were free men with no history of o Tumarampuk - worked one day for
slavery or witchcraft in their families (2) his master / 4 days a week
o Atubang sa Datu datus chief o Ayuey - worked three days for his
adviser lord
o Sandig sin Datu datus sons / - Bulisik aliping saguiguilid of an aliping
support namamahay
o Sandil - concubine - Bulislis aliping saguiguilid of an aliping
- Wielded tremendous influence in the saguiguilid
barangay Full son or daughter of dependent
- Enjoyed rights that were not usually parents
enjoyed by the other members of society Half son or daughter of parents,
- Tagalogs: Maginoo any gender one of whom was a full dependent
o Gat or Lakan (eg: Lakan Dula, Gat and other a freeman
Maitan) Bulan services were
o Dayang scheduled alternately by
- Visayans: Kadatoan months
Freemen Quarter son or daughter of
- Freemen and likewise of dependents who parents, one of whom was a half
had earned their freedom dependent and the other a freeman
- Gives buwis / handug except bagani or
warriors
- Tagalogs: Mahadlika / Maharlika
- Visayans: Timawa
Dependents
- Acquired status by inheritance, by captivity
in war (biag / bihag), by failing to pay his
debts, by purchase, or by committing a
crime for which he was duly sentenced
- Slaves or uring katuwang
- Can serve in-kind
- Pagtitimawa
- Tagalogs: Alipin
o Aliping Namamahay
Own family and house
Served his master during
planting and harvest
seasons, rowed for him,
helped in the construction
of his house, served his
visitors
Tuhay

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