Cabildo notes an enslaved woman’s illness

Royal officers investigated a slave ship lost near Capatárida on the Falcón coast. After an accident, only two enslaved Africans remained in the area; the ship continued to Maracaibo, where the...

A cabildo order told shopkeepers not to conduct business with enslaved Black and mulatto people. The notice was proclaimed by Juan, a mulatto in a city official's service. It records restrictions on...

The Caracas cabildo record identifies Salvador, a Black man, as a public town crier. The brief entry offers evidence of an African-descended person performing a visible civic role, while the record...

During preparations to pacify Nirgua, Captain Juan Pérez Hurtado contributed three enslaved people. The cabildo record situates enslaved labor within colonial military expansion against Indigenous...

Caracas cabildo records discussed lots given to Black and mulatto residents and later listed lots they purchased. The minutes offer evidence of Black and mixed-race residents making claims to urban...

A Cocorote mine register recorded a birth on 9 August 1643 in a ledger titled “Memoria de los negros y negras que nacen en mi tiempo.” The child’s name is not preserved in the published summary. The...

Francisca González, identified as a free mulatta, petitioned Caracas’s cabildo for half a lot; the council granted it. Her successful claim shows a free woman of African descent negotiating for...

The Cocorote mine record of births lists a child born on 15 May 1646. No name or details of the parents survive in the published summary. Read alongside the other dated entries in the same register,...

A Caracas cabildo report supported Ana de Guevara, identified as a free Black woman, in her request for a plot of land. The council granted her half a lot. Her case records a free Black woman...

Juana de Villanueva, identified in Caracas records as a free Black woman, petitioned the cabildo for a portion of a lot. Her request appears in the same set of municipal records that register other...