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Margarita pearl fishery

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Margarita pearl fishery

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The Crown authorizes 150 enslaved Africans for Margarita's pearl fishery

📅 2 April 1582

A royal cédula authorized the purchase in Cabo Verde and Guinea and transport of 150 enslaved Africans to Margarita's pearl fishery. The order shows the Crown's role in organizing coerced labor across...