{"id":3677,"date":"2026-02-14T14:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T14:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstblacks.org\/?page_id=3677"},"modified":"2026-02-14T14:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T14:28:09","slug":"fb-primary-062-manuscript","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/firstblacks.org\/spn\/manuscripts\/fb-primary-062-manuscript","title":{"rendered":"Manuscript No. 062"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3677\" class=\"elementor elementor-3677\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c9e2ff e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c9e2ff\" 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-37f03d9 e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"37f03d9\" 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=\"58655705\" aria-label=\"Pesta\u00f1as. 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Please download the PDF to view it: <a href=\"http:\/\/firstblacks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Transcription-062.pdf\">Download PDF<\/a>.\n<\/iframe>\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>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-586557053\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-586557053\" data-tab-index=\"3\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e01c16 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4e01c16\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aa2b35 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1aa2b35\" 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-1855df7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1855df7\" 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>as the question says that the said\u00a0<em>licenciado<\/em>\u00a0Grajeda during the said time did it except that this witness has overheard in this city that justice was done at His Majesty\u2019s court to Vicencio [Pablo?] mentioned in the question<\/p><p>[<em>On the left margin<\/em>: 4<sup>th<\/sup>] To the fourth question he said that he knows it because this witness was present in the war that by order from the said\u00a0<em>licenciado<\/em>\u00a0Grajeda was launched to go against the said captain Lemba and his squad and he was present when the said Lenba was killed and this witness saw how his head was cut off and was brought to this city before the said\u00a0<em>licenciado<\/em>\u00a0and he did justice to the other maroon Blacks and it is and happens as the question says<\/p><p>[<em>On the left margin<\/em>: 5<sup>th<\/sup>] To the fifth question he said that he knows it because that is the truth as the question says it and so he saw it and it happened as the question says it<\/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<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-586557054\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-586557054\" data-tab-index=\"4\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 4;\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ade1695 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ade1695\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd37e1b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cd37e1b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9328732 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9328732\" 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 align=\"left\"><strong>Date:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1553<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"left\"><strong>Theme: \u00a0In 1553, residents of Santo Domingo still remembered how Black maroon leader Sebasti\u00e1n Lemba\u2019s head was exhibited in the city\u2019s public square<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"left\"><strong>Source: \u00a0Archivo General de Indias, Justicia, 76, fo. 1593v., CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Dominican Colonial Documents\u00a0Collection.<\/strong><\/p><p>Sebasti\u00e1n Lemba is possibly the most well-known among the leaders of the enslaved Blacks who in sixteenth century La Espa\u00f1ola escaped from slavery and became maroons living independently from the Spanish settlers who had brought them as slaves.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"InvertedText\">Since approximately 1533, Lemba led a group of maroons who roamed different areas of the central regions of La Espa\u00f1ola\u2019s wilderness, until enough forces were garnered by local authorities and colonists in 1547 to catch up with him and his group and kill them. In 1553, resident Juan de Lepe, gave his testimony on how Lemba\u2019s head had been exposed publicly in the city.<\/p><p class=\"InvertedText\">In his deposition Lepe refers to Lemba and his followers using military terminology such as \u201cCaptain Lemba and his squad,\u201d and describes the confrontation against the maroons as a \u201cwar.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"InvertedText\">For many in the Dominican Republic today concerned with social justice and the Black African heritage of Dominican society, Lemba represents a very early symbol of resistance against oppression.<\/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\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:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1553 Theme: \u00a0In 1553, residents of Santo Domingo still remembered how Black maroon leader Sebasti\u00e1n Lemba\u2019s head was exhibited in the city\u2019s public square Source: \u00a0Archivo General de Indias, Justicia, 76, fo. 1593v., CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Dominican Colonial Documents\u00a0Collection. 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