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The authorities of Santo Domingo auctioned the cargo of enslaved Blacks from a Portuguese ship that had arrived without a license in 1555

Manuscript

A Portuguese ship arrived without a license at the port of Santo Domingo in 1555 and the local authorities seized its cargo of enslaved Africans

Manuscript

In 1553 Miguel de Torquemada, a young mulatto from Santo Domingo residing temporarily in Seville, Spain, requested royal permission to return to Santo Domingo

Manuscript

In 1553, residents of Santo Domingo still remembered how Black maroon leader Sebastián Lemba’s head was exhibited in the city’s public square

Manuscript

Maroon and rebel Black slaves in La Española were a concern for residents of the city of Santo Domingo in the mid-1540s

Manuscript

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

Manuscript

Around 1530 in Santo Domingo, a female Black slave was burned at the stake, accused of poisoning her female master

Manuscript

The Slaves’ Rebellion of the Christmas of 1521 in La Española was first mentioned in the ordinances about Blacks of January 6, 1522

Manuscript

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

Manuscript

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

Manuscript

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