A prosecutor of the Royal Audiencia of Santo Domingo ordered the seizure of property belonging to former governors Pedro Fajardo and Alonso Suárez del Castillo. A related Caracas record involved a ship and about 140 enslaved Africans consigned to merchants; the published study reports that Fajardo used judicial authority to seize and select seventeen people. The case exposes how colonial officials could turn public office into private control over enslaved people.
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What did the 1603 seizure case reveal about enslaved Africans?
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The dispute involved the seizure of enslaved Africans through colonial authority.
The 1603 seizure case shows that enslaved people could be caught in disputes over colonial officials’ property and authority.
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The record links a colonial power dispute to seizure of enslaved Africans.