Francisco de Suñiga, identified as a free moreno, accompanied the capture of Spanish smugglers in Choroní. The case concerned contraband that included dealings in enslaved Africans and foreigners. His presence complicates any portrayal of Black people solely as objects within colonial records: he appears as a free participant in an official action, although the document is preserved through the state’s investigation of smuggling.
Inisiá sesion pa gusta òf marká e relato aki.
🔖 Marká
Personanan den e suseso aki
Ainda no tin imágen ni vidio pa e suseso aki.
Eventonan Relashoná
How is Francisco de Suñiga described in the 1683 Choroní case?
🎉😄
😢
Splikashon
The record identifies Francisco de Suñiga as a free moreno accompanying the capture of smugglers.