On 4 February 1573, Agustín de Ancona asked Caracas’s cabildo for permission to use his enslaved man Francisco as a miner with his own crew. The petition records both the extraction economy and the colonial practice of licensing an enslaver to direct a person’s labor. It does not establish whether the license was granted.
Inisiá sesion pa gusta òf marká e relato aki.
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Ainda no tin imágen ni vidio pa e suseso aki.
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What did Agustín de Ancona seek for Francisco?
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The petition asked for permission to use Francisco as a miner with Ancona’s crew.