First Blacks in The Americas

[fo. 175v.] [Image 1 / 2]

To the wife of the Admiral /
of the Indies /

To Doña María de Toledo vicereine of the Española island /
and of the other islands and mainland that were discovered /
by the admiral Don Cristopher Columbus, your father-in-law /
and by his industry.  I saw your letter of twenty seven of November /
of the past one, and you may belief that I mourned a lot /
the passing of the admiral your husband, both for him being /

[…] 

And I reckoned as a service the care you take in /
alerting me of what happened in the uprising of the Blacks /
and of the Indians, and of what is convenient to decide for the /
remedy of it and wellbeing of that island.  I will soon mandate /
to decide what may be most convenient to our service and wellbeing of /
that island and pacification and quiet of it.  You [must] in
my service help and favor in everything that is convenient /

[…]

[fo. 176r.] [fo. 533r.]

[Image 2 / 2]

[…] from Valladolid, on twenty days of the month of July of /

one thousand and five hundred and twenty seven years.  I the King./
Certified by the Secretary Francisco de los Cobos.  Signed by the
bishop of /  Osma and Canaria and Beltrán and Ciudad Rodrigo and [Manuel?]

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