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A Black African man sold as a slave by French smugglers visiting La Española’s northern coast in 1594 claimed a right to freedom based on his African social status of nobility

1594

A freed young Black woman from Santo Domingo residing in Seville in 1575 decided to return to the Americas

1575, Nov. 16

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

An enslaved Black man was called to testify in La Española in 1556 and his depositions were incorporated into the inquiry’s proceedings

1556

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

1530

Auction of enslaved Africans seized by Santo Domingo’s colonial authorities in 1575 from a Portuguese ship

1575

By 1501 enslaved Blacks raised in Spain were already seen as a convenient labor force for the colonization of the Americas. Blacks who were not Christianized were banned

1501

By 1505 the King of Spain was planning to send more enslaved Blacks to La Española, hoping they would work the mines under a promise of future manumission

Sept. 1505

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

Comments by a colonial official of La Española on the need for enslaved Black labor around 1568-1572

1568-1572