Browse Items (25 total) Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Collection: Manuscripts Previous Page Page of 3 Next Page Sort by: Title Creator Date Added The authorities of Santo Domingo auctioned the cargo of enslaved Blacks from a Portuguese ship that had arrived without a license in 1555 1555 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 1555 In 1553 Miguel de Torquemada, a young mulatto from Santo Domingo residing temporarily in Seville, Spain, requested royal permission to return to Santo Domingo Dec. 5, 1553 In 1553, residents of Santo Domingo still remembered how Black maroon leader Sebastián Lemba’s head was exhibited in the city’s public square 1533 Maroon and rebel Black slaves in La Española were a concern for residents of the city of Santo Domingo in the mid-1540s 1540 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 1538 Around 1530 in Santo Domingo, a female Black slave was burned at the stake, accused of poisoning her female master 1530 The Slaves’ Rebellion of the Christmas of 1521 in La Española was first mentioned in the ordinances about Blacks of January 6, 1522 Jan. 6, 1522 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 1519 In 1519 in La Española, some enslaved Blacks owned by a politically powerful master were able to literally get away with murder 1519 Previous Page Page of 3 Next Page Output Formats atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2
The authorities of Santo Domingo auctioned the cargo of enslaved Blacks from a Portuguese ship that had arrived without a license in 1555
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
In 1553 Miguel de Torquemada, a young mulatto from Santo Domingo residing temporarily in Seville, Spain, requested royal permission to return to Santo Domingo
In 1553, residents of Santo Domingo still remembered how Black maroon leader Sebastián Lemba’s head was exhibited in the city’s public square
Maroon and rebel Black slaves in La Española were a concern for residents of the city of Santo Domingo in the mid-1540s
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
Around 1530 in Santo Domingo, a female Black slave was burned at the stake, accused of poisoning her female master
The Slaves’ Rebellion of the Christmas of 1521 in La Española was first mentioned in the ordinances about Blacks of January 6, 1522
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
In 1519 in La Española, some enslaved Blacks owned by a politically powerful master were able to literally get away with murder