In 1519 in La Española, some enslaved Blacks owned by a politically powerful master were able to literally get away with murder

Title

In 1519 in La Española, some enslaved Blacks owned by a politically powerful master were able to literally get away with murder

Subject

Early colonial Santo Domingo

Description

Manuscript

Source

España. Ministerio de Cultura, Archivo General de Indias|CUNY Dominican Studies Institute
España. Ministerio de Cultura, Archivo General de Indias

Date

1519
1519

Rights

Ministerio de Cultura, Educación y Deporte, Spain

Format

Hand-written manuscript on paper

Identifier

DSI0130

Coverage

16th Century
Seville

Files

22194229-Panel-7.jpg

Collection

Citation

“In 1519 in La Española, some enslaved Blacks owned by a politically powerful master were able to literally get away with murder,” Sixteenth-Century La Española: Glimpses of the First Blacks in the Early Colonial Americas, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ccnydigitalscholarship.org/dsi-blacks-in-america/items/show/130.