A royal instruction to Nicolás de Ovando allowed Black people enslaved in Spain, and people enslaved from birth under Christian authority, to travel to the Indies while excluding other groups. The document shows how conversion policy and colonial labor demand were joined. It is an early surviving royal record of African enslavement in the Americas, not proof that no enslaved Africans arrived earlier.
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Which Crown instruction is an early surviving record of African enslavement linked to colonization of Hispaniola?
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The September 1501 instructions allowed enslaved Africans born under Christian authority to travel to the Indies.
The 1501 instruction permitted any African person to travel freely to Hispaniola.
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It allowed enslaved Africans under Christian authority while excluding several other groups.