Translation No. 044
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Date: 1555, August 13 – 1556, May 30. City of Santo Domingo.
Theme: A Portuguese ship arrived at the port of Santo Domingo, La Española, with a cargo of enslaved Black Africans but without a Spanish shipping license; they were seized by the local colonial authorities and sold at an auction in Santo Domingo, and different social types from the city went to buy them.
Source: Archivo General de Indias, Justicia 103-A,F.3281R.- F.3283V.,F.3569V.- 3572R., 3607V., CUNY DSI Dominican Colonial Documents Collection
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+ added to licenciado / 3281 / |
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I beg and plead to your highness that, considering the fortuitous / |
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That all the property be unloaded / |
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That within three days they must / |
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Hernán sánchez Ale/ |
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The relator Bernaldez/ |
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Very powerful gentlemen, I Alonso / |
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After the above said, in the said / |
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and give them food in a house / […] |
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3570 |
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firstly, / |
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Also one piece that is / |
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two pieces of Juan Alonso, / |
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and males and females, were counted / |
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eight pieces that died / […] |
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in one hundred and eighty pesos to be paid / This day another Black woman, old , / |
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