EVENT INFORMATION

19
Novèmber
1656

Officials order a census of enslaved Black men in Tucani and Torondoy

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📅 19 Novèmber 1656 📍 Venezuela

A census dated 19 November covered enslaved Black men in the towns of Tucani and Torondoy, in the jurisdiction of Mérida. The record’s date and place connect the counting of enslaved people to rural administration. The summarized source points to a companion census three days later; these lists document people through the estates and officials that claimed authority over them.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Enslaved Black men in Tucani and Torondoy

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Mérida colonial jurisdiction