Royal officers accounted for 123 pesos and one tomĂn arising from a debt owed by Pedro de UrsĂşa. The debt was linked to Diego, an enslaved man reportedly brought to the province by Lope de Aguirre and...
On 5 July 1587, Philip II confirmed a license allowing named agents to conduct “rescue” transactions involving enslaved people in Brazil. Colonial records used rescue language for transactions that...
