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

1540

Map of sixteenth century maroon sites in La Española

Inside view of Santo Domingo’s colonial fortress

Anthony Stevens Acevedo 2011

Inner yard of the type of colonial house where domestic slaves used to work

Inner yard of colonial house in Santo Domingo

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

Nov. 27, 1568

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

1558

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

1555

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

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