Spanish colonial document related to slavery in Peru
date: label: Date
content: March 22, 1610
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A single sheet Peruvian Spanish language manuscript written in brown ink regarding payment for [indios alquilado] or the renting of indigenous persons and involving a [camayo] or overseer named Juan Malco. The text is concentrated on the top half of the front page, with several signatures and notations on the bottom half. On the verso is a short summary of the document in the upper right quadrant to appear as the cover when the document is folded.
place: label: Place used
content: Peru, Latin America, South America
label: Cultural Place
content: Spain, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: Slave hire system
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: 2010.1.141
objectType: label: Type
content: legal documents
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 12 1/16 x 8 3/8 in. (30.6 x 21.3 cm)