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Cumaná pearl fishery

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Cumaná pearl fishery

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Officials review a request for 600 enslaved people for Margarita and Cumaná

📅 4 October 1597

After labor shortages at Margarita's pearl grounds, Governor Pedro Fajardo sought 400 enslaved people for Margarita and 200 for Cumaná. A royal cédula dated 4 October ordered the request studied; it...