First Blacks in The Americas

The African Presence in The Dominican Republic

Manuscript No. 052

Date:    1514, October 18. Valbuena, Spain
Theme: License for bishop Pedro Suárez de Deza to ship from Seville to La Española ten slaves to work in the construction of the church at the village of La Concepción or at others in its diocese
Source: PARES, Portal de Archivos Españoles--Archivo General de Indias, INDIFERENTE, 419, L.5, F. 275V

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