Sixteenth-Century La Española: Glimpses of the First Blacks in the Early Colonial Americas In 1553, residents of Santo Domingo still remembered how Black maroon leader Sebastián Lemba’s head was exhibited in the city’s public square
Title
In 1553, residents of Santo Domingo still remembered how Black maroon leader Sebastián Lemba’s head was exhibited in the city’s public square
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
1533
1533
Rights
Ministerio de Cultura, Educación y Deporte, Spain
Format
Hand-written manuscript on paper
Identifier
DSI0136
Coverage
16th Century
Seville
Files
Collection
Citation
“In 1553, residents of Santo Domingo still remembered how Black maroon leader Sebastián Lemba’s head was exhibited in the city’s public square,” Sixteenth-Century La Española: Glimpses of the First Blacks in the Early Colonial Americas, accessed April 24, 2024, https://ccnydigitalscholarship.org/dsi-blacks-in-america/items/show/136.