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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

Manuscript

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

Manuscript

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

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

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

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

In 1568, after serving two female masters for over a decade in Seville, two young female Black slaves born in Santo Domingo were granted freedom by their second master

Manuscript

In 1558 Santo Domingo, the local prison kept slave and non-slave, Black and non-Black, men and women detainees within the same building complex

Manuscript

In 1555, a slave ship arrived in Santo Domingo loaded with branded sugar crates and branded Black Africans

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

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