Sale agreements for enslaved persons Miguel and Juan in colonial New Spain
date: label: Date
content: April 1670
name: label: Subject of
content: Domenico Grillo, Genoese Italian, 1617 - 1687
label: Subject of
content: Ambrosio Lomellino, Genoese, died 1667
label: Subject of
content: Francisco Arias de Viveros
label: Subject of
content: Sebastian de Velasco
label: Subject of
content: Nicolás Soltero Castaneda
label: Subject of
content: Juan Prieto Soltero
label: Subject of
content: Juan Bautista, Genoese
label: Subject of
content: María Isabela Lomellino, Genoese
label: Subject of
content: Francisco Lomellino, Genoese
label: Subject of
content: Jerónimo Muñoz, Spanish
label: Subject of
content: Agostino Lomellino, Genoese, died 1669
label: Subject of
content: Diego Benites Delgado, Spanish
label: Subject of
content: Captain Pedro de Armendáriz
label: Subject of
content: Joseph Carillo
label: Subject of
content: Juan Godines
label: Subject of
content: Alonso de Coria
label: Signed by
content: Nicolás Álvarez
label: Signed by
content: Francisco Arias de Viveros
notes: label: Description
content: A four page Spanish language manuscript handwritten in ink describing the sale of two enslaved men 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.
label: Description
content: The manuscript contains two documents. The first two pages describe the bill of sale for Miguel and last two pages for Juan, both who were said to have been of Arará ethnicity and 20 years of age. The enslaved men were sold to Don Nicolás Soltero Castaneda by the factors Francisco Arias de Viveros and Sebastián de Velasco, representative merchants of Domingo Grillo and heirs of Ambrocio Lomelin. Each man was sold for 415 common gold pesos (currency). The documents are dated April 26, 1670 and are signed by Francisco Arias de Viveros and Nicolas Álvarez, a public notary.
place: label: Place made
content: Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Madrid, Spain, Europe
label: Place captured
content: Cadiz, Spain, Europe
label: Place captured
content: Mexico City, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Veracruz, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: West Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: British colonialism
label: Topic
content: Catholicism
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Spanish colonialism
label: Topic
content: Trans Atlantic slave trade
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: 2020.26.14.1.2
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 7/16 × 8 9/16 in. (31.6 × 21.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 12 7/16 × 17 1/16 in. (31.6 × 43.3 cm)