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Somewhere between 1497 and 1501, a Black woman in the early village of Santo Domingo established the first hospital-like healing facility of the Americas
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By 1501 enslaved Blacks raised in Spain were already seen as a convenient labor force for the colonization of the Americas. Blacks who were not Christianized were banned
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Enslaved Blacks brought to La Española began to resist slavery by running away practically from the beginning of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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By 1505 the King of Spain was planning to send more enslaved Blacks to La Española, hoping they would work the mines under a promise of future manumission
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In 1518, the Governor of Santo Domingo proposed a triangular trade among La Española, Spain and West Africa
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In 1519 in La Española, some enslaved Blacks owned by a politically powerful master were able to literally get away with murder
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Testimony on how a Black slave got the tips of some of his toes severed as punishment after being convicted of a crime in 1519 Santo Domingo
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The Slaves’ Rebellion of the Christmas of 1521 in La Española was first mentioned in the ordinances about Blacks of January 6, 1522
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Around 1530 in Santo Domingo, a female Black slave was burned at the stake, accused of poisoning her female master
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Comment by the Real Audiencia on the use of enslaved Black labor in the construction of the main defensive structures of Santo Domingo City, 1538
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