First Blacks in The Americas

The African Presence in The Dominican Republic

Manuscript No. 046

Date:    1544, July 7, and 1545, April 24, July 7 and July 24. 
Theme:  Enslaved Blacks registered or embarked by passengers on ships travelling from Seville to the Indies
Source: Archivo General de Indias, CONTRATACION,1079, F.521V.-523R. CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Dominican Colonial Documents Collection

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