Sale agreements for two enslaved persons and a house in colonial New Spain
date: label: Date
content: April 1670
name: label: Subject of
content: Juan Moreno
label: Subject of
content: Juan Sanchez de Aldana
label: Subject of
content: Nicolás Lopez Gallegos
label: Subject of
content: Juan Rodríguez de Guzmán
label: Subject of
content: Diego Martín de Silva
label: Subject of
content: Balthasar de Agüero
label: Subject of
content: Joseph de Meneses
label: Signed by
content: Nicolás Álvarez
label: Signed by
content: Juan Moreno
label: Signed by
content: Juan Sanchez de Aldana
label: Subject of
content: Bartolomé Joseph Gonsales Vaquero
label: Subject of
content: Juan Bautista de Barrios
label: Subject of
content: Diego Ramirez
label: Subject of
content: Antonio Gonzalez Laso
label: Signed by
content: Bartolomé Joseph Gonsales Vaquero
notes: label: Description
content: A four page Spanish language manuscript handwritten in ink describing the sale of two enslaved men and a one house in colonial New Spain’s Cuidad de Los Angeles (today Puebla, Mexico). The first and fourth page are stamped with two seals in the upper left cover and have four lines of printed text as the heading. The left margin on all pages is left blank and there is minor wear around the pages. There are three documents all dated April 21, 1670 and are signed by public notary, Nicolas Álvarez.
label: Description
content: The first page describes the bill of sale for Joseph, who is said to be 12 years old and crillo (born in the Americas) from Tepeaca. The enslaved boy was sold to Juan Sanchez de Aldana by Juan Morena for 200 common gold pesos (currency).
label: Description
content: The second page describes the bill of sale for Salbador (Salvador), who is said to be 20 years old and crillo (born in the Americas). The enslaved young man was sold to Juan Morena by Juan Sanchez de Aldana for 300 common gold pesos (currency).
label: Description
content: The third and fourth pages describe the bill of sale for a house in the city of Tlaxcala. The house was sold to Diego Ramirez from Joseph Gonsales Vaquero for 2,000 gold pesos (currency).
place: label: Place made
content: Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Mexico City, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Tepeaca, Puebla, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Aldana, Mexico City, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Tlaxcala, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Spanish colonialism
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.26.14.2
objectType: label: Type
content: documents
label: Type
content: legal documents
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (closed): 12 3/8 × 8 11/16 in. (31.5 × 22 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 12 3/8 × 17 3/16 in. (31.5 × 43.7 cm)