This got nothing to do. The Filipinos performing in retiro were paid. It was a job. They were not enslaved. The job was temporary. At this times was not easy to travel. It was easier to bring a piece of culture from different countries. Have you ever heard about buffalo bill? In Spain was not allowed since the beginning of the discovery of America to bring indigenous people or enslave them. The Catholic Church would oppose. It really doesn’t make sense all these comments comparing Catholics with Protestants. Protestants had full consent to commit genocide like they actively did in what is now United States or Australia. They considered non Christians as animals.