Samuel the Lamanite prophesied that the Lamanites would be driven to and fro upon the face of the earth and scattered abroad Helaman 15:12. The "face of the earth" reference implies a wide area in multiple modern nations as the article "Face of the Land" explains. "Scattered abroad" means moved from their homeland to distant places, even overseas places.
Jesus Christ prophesied that the Lamanites would be scattered upon all the face of the land 3 Nephi 21:24. As above, this refers to a wide area in multiple modern nations.
When the Spanish invaded the Americas, they explicitly fulfilled this prophecy. First, they sent enslaved Taino from the Caribbean to Spain. Then they imported Lucayo slaves from what we now call the Bahamas into Hispaniola (Dominican Republic). After despoiling the Nicaraguan natives of their gold and pearls, the Spanish enslaved them. 200,000 Nicaraguan slaves were exported to South America between 1528 and 1540 to work the rich mines in Peru. Most died en route or in the merciless mines. The Spanish sent enslaved natives from many places in Central America to Cuba and other Caribbean islands. Slaves from what is today Florida were sent throughout the Spanish realm, as were enslaved natives from northern South America (modern Colombia and Venezuela). The Pueblo Revolt in 1680 was caused by the enslavement of natives in what is today New Mexico who were sent to work the rich silver mines of central Mexico.
A good source on native American slavery under Spanish rule is Andrés Reséndez, The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016).
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