Translation No. 009
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Date: 1505, September 15. Segovia, Spain
Theme: Order from the Spanish Crown to La Española’s Governor Nicolás de Ovando, agreeing to send more Black slaves and mandating the enslaved Blacks available in the colony to be put to work in the gold mines
Source: PARES, Portal de Archivos Españoles, Archivo General de Indias, INDIFERENTE, 418,L.1, F.180V-181V—1—Imagen Núm: 1/3
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[fo. 180v.] to don frai Nicolas de/ Ovando comendador of Calatrava / |
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The King / Don Fray Nicolas Ovando my governor of the islands and mainland of the ocean sea, I received your letter and everything you say in it is well done and I value your service in the good care and diligence that you have and put in the things of the good management and governing of the island and administration of its treasury. As to what you say that more Black slaves be sent, it seems to me that it is fine and I have even determined to send up to one hundred Black slaves for them to collect gold for me, and with every ten of them must go a security person who should have some part of the gold that is found and that the slaves should be promised that if they were to work well that they will be freed within certain time; and that way I think that they will be profitable; you should provide those that are there so that they work in collecting gold in this manner so as to see how they do it, and keep me informed about it” |
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[fo. 181v.] |
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[…] […] from the city of Segovia/ |