- Subject of
- Moreno, Juan
- Sanchez de Aldana, Juan
- Lopez Gallegos, Nicolás
- Rodríguez de Guzmán, Juan
- Martín de Silva, Diego
- de Agüero, Balthasar
- de Meneses, Joseph
- Signed by
- Álvarez, Nicolás
- Moreno, Juan
- Sanchez de Aldana, Juan
- Subject of
- Gonsales Vaquero, Bartolomé Joseph
- Bautista de Barrios, Juan
- Ramirez, Diego
- Gonzalez Laso, Antonio
- Signed by
- Gonsales Vaquero, Bartolomé Joseph
- Date
- April 1670
- Medium
- ink on wove paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (closed): 12 3/8 × 8 11/16 in. (31.5 × 22 cm)
- H x W (open): 12 3/8 × 17 3/16 in. (31.5 × 43.7 cm)
- Description
- 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.
- 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).
- 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).
- 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 made
- Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
- Place captured
- Mexico City, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
- Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
- Tepeaca, Puebla, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
- Aldana, Mexico City, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
- Tlaxcala, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Manuscripts
- Type
- documents
- legal documents
- Topic
- African diaspora
- Colonialism
- Law
- Slavery
- Spanish colonialism
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2020.26.14.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




