{"id":3432,"date":"2025-10-23T08:36:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstblacks.org\/?page_id=3432"},"modified":"2025-10-23T08:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:40:00","slug":"fb-primary-042-manuscript","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/firstblacks.org\/spn\/manuscripts\/fb-primary-042-manuscript","title":{"rendered":"Manuscript No. 042"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3432\" class=\"elementor elementor-3432\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c05395 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0c05395\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bf895f e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"6bf895f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"113215839\" aria-label=\"Tabs. 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Please download the PDF to view it: <a href=\"http:\/\/firstblacks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fb-primary-042-transcription.pdf\">Download PDF<\/a>.\n<\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-1132158393\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-1132158393\" data-tab-index=\"3\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d7a59c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5d7a59c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b9e137 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b9e137\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Date:<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">1510, January 22.\u202f Valladolid, Spain.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335559991&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Theme:<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">The King of Spain reiterated a prior orden to the Casa de la Contrataci\u00f3n for the sending of fifty \u201cslaves\u201d\u202fto La Espa\u00f1ola to work in the extraction of gold for the Crown<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335559991&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source:<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">PARES, Portal de Archivos Espa\u00f1oles, Archivo General de Indias,INDIFERENTE,418,L.2,F.98V.-99R.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335559991&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><table data-tablestyle=\"MsoNormalTable\" data-tablelook=\"1184\" aria-rowcount=\"2\"><tbody><tr aria-rowindex=\"1\"><td data-celllook=\"4369\"><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">[fo. 98v.]<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">Slaves \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">to those of the house of Seville, \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">that they must send to La Espa\u00f1ola\/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">the 50 slaves \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">To the officers of the \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">Casa de la Contrataci\u00f3n \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">so that they send \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">50 slaves to the \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">Espa\u00f1ola island for \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">the exploiting of the \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">mines \/<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:120,&quot;335559737&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/td><td data-celllook=\"4369\"><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:120,&quot;335559737&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:120,&quot;335559737&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:120,&quot;335559737&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/td><td data-celllook=\"4369\"><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f[\u2026]\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:120,&quot;335559737&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f The King\u202f \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">Our officials at the Casa de la Contrataci\u00f3n of the \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">Indies who reside in the city of Seville, \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">you already know how days ago I ordered to \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">mandate that you sent fifty slaves \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">to the Espa\u00f1ola island, and once there they were delivered to Miguel \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">de Pasamonte, our general treasurer in those regions \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">so that after they arrive and are capable of working \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">they are put into the works of the mines that are \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">worked on for us there. And because now \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">our officials that reside over there have written to me that in the \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">said mines they have begun to find good \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">quantity of gold thanks to our Lord, and that the said \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">slaves are much necessary over there to break \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">the rocks where the said gold is found, \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">because the Indians are said to be very skinny and of \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">little strength, therefore I order you to quickly \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">give all diligence to searching for the \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">said slaves so they are the best and toughest \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">that you may find, and that you send them to the said \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">Espa\u00f1ola island delivered to the said Miguel \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">de Pasamonte as quickly as you can. \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">If you Dr. Sancho de Matienzo do not \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">have them to serve me, you must then \/<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:120,&quot;335559737&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr aria-rowindex=\"2\"><td data-celllook=\"4369\"><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">[fo. 99r.]<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">Made in Vall<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">a<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">dolid \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">on January 11 of 1510. \/<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:120,&quot;335559737&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/td><td data-celllook=\"4369\"><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:120,&quot;335559737&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/td><td data-celllook=\"4369\"><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f\u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202f \u202fxcix\u202f \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">look for them pleasing our Lord very [ \u202f\u202f] \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">that it is paid. This courier had been stopped \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">to send you another dispatch, and because this is \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">something of so much urgency, I am mandating it is dispatched \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">only with this, without waiting for anything else. Made in \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">Valladolid on twenty two days of the month of January of five hundred \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">and ten years. I, the King. Per mandate of his highness, Lope Conchillos. \/<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"none\">[\u2026]<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:120,&quot;335559737&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-1132158394\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-1132158394\" data-tab-index=\"4\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 4;\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ddc3a7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ddc3a7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd27495 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd27495\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Date: <\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">1510, January 22.\u00a0 Valladolid, Spain.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Theme: The King of Spain reiterated a prior order to the Casa de la Contrataci\u00f3n for the sending of 50 \u201cslaves\u201d to La Espa\u00f1ola to work in the extraction of gold for the Crown<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335559991&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Source: PARES, Portal de Archivos Espa\u00f1oles, Archivo General de Indias,INDIFERENTE,418,L.2,F.98V.-99R.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335559991&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335559991&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a communication to the Casa de la Contrataci\u00f3n of Seville in early 1510, the King informed the recipient that a few days before he had ordered 50 \u201cslaves\u201d sent to La Espa\u00f1ola, having recently received a request from the treasury officials of that colony to send them \u201cslaves\u201d, because they were \u201cvery necessary in the breaking of the rocks where the said gold is found, because the Indians reportedly are very skinny and of little strength.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In light of the above, the monarch ordered the Casa de la Contrataci\u00f3n that\u00a0 \u201cyou must quickly put all the diligence you are capable of\u00a0 into searching for the said slaves, which must be the best and toughest you may find, and send them to the island of Espa\u00f1ola [\u2026] as fast as you can.\u201d\u00a0 The king, who was at the time in Valladolid, considered the issue \u201cof so much urgency\u201d that he ordered that the first courier available leave for Seville \u201cwith this only, without waiting for anything else.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As has been indicated elsewhere in this platform, this document confirms the fact that the arrival of the first enslaved black Africans at La Espa\u00f1ola was connected with the mining enterprise there, as well as the construction of defensive military structures.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manuscript Transcription Translation Commentary Date:\u00a01510, January 22.\u00a0 Valladolid, Spain Theme:\u00a0The King of Spain reiterated a prior order to the Casa de la Contrataci\u00f3n for the sending of 50 \u201cslaves\u201d\u00a0to La Espa\u00f1ola to work in the extraction of gold for the Crown Source:\u00a0PARES, Portal de Archivos Espa\u00f1oles, Archivo General de Indias,INDIFERENTE,418,L.2,F.98V.-99R. 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