Translation No. 016
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Date: 1504, August 26. Medina del Campo, Spain
Theme: Since early on in the colonization of La Española, there was an interest for including Black women among the enslaved Black population being sent to the new colony
Source: PARES, Portal de Archivos Españoles, Archivo General de Indias, INDIFERENTE,418,L.1,F.132R.-133R.
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Response to the officials / of the Contratación de las Indias/
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[…] The King / Doctor Matienzo and Don Francisco Pinelo. We have received your letters and we appreciate the good / diligence you have applied in the managing of the things in your purview. And regarding the things you have / written to us about that require a response from us, you must do in everything what is hereby contained in the / following manner: / […] |
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[…] As to what you say whether we will issue license so that slave women / […] Apply in everything the care and diligence that you have so far applied, as / Done in Medina del Campo on 26 of August of 1504 / |