Translation No. 022
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Date: 1527, June 28. Valladolid, Spain
Theme: Worried by the presence in La Española of a population of enslaved Black men much larger than that of the white colonists and who might attempt to rebel against the latter, king Charles V mandated the carrying of enslaved Black women to the colony, and the promotion of marriage among “Blacks”
Source: PARES, Portal de Archivos Españoles—Archivo General de Indias,INDIFERENTE,421,L.12,F.151R-152R
[fo. 508r.] So that Blacks in the |
191 Don Carlos Etc[etera] since we are informed that, |
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out of the persons for whom they have license, so that / |
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