Box 1

7 pages; Document describes the sale of three slaves. In Cuautla, Morelos, a woman named Juana and her son Juan Jose are sold along with a woman named Maria de San Jose for 350 pesos in gold.

3 pages; Document includes fical seal and describes a lawsuit over the use of a fugitive slave in Cordoba, Veracruz. The enslaved person's original owner, Antonio Maximo Manzano, is suing the present owner, Felipe de Cordoba, for 200 pesos in gold for the years he used his slave. Felipe de Cordoba was condemned to 6 years in prision for stealing the slave and horses.

10 pages; Document chronicles a judicial court case of the Corregidor de Bolaños, or Mayor of Bolaños, Zacatecas. The trial reveals he raped an enslaved woman named La Chomba, and sent her and her daughter away, giving them their freedom even though they were not his slaves.

2 pages; Document includes fiscal seal and describes the right to sell slaves. In Puebla, Puebla, a college in Puebla and a priest are granted license, and the priest sells Loecadia Maria, a 16 year old woman for 250 pesos in gold.

8 pages; Document is a court petition of Loreenzo Garcia, a free mulatto man, who bids on a property at an auction in Guadalajara, Jalisco.

5 pages; Document includes fiscal seal and describes the sale of a slave. In Santa Fe, Guanajuato, Jose de Salas, a 19 year old man, is sold for 80 pesos in gold.

1 page; Document includes fiscal seal and describes the will of the Reverend Mother Maria Manuela of the Holy Rosary. Upon her death, she willed 1000 pesos in gold and interest to her slave in Puebla, Puebla.

17 pages; The last page has sealed paper from 1640-1641. Document includes fiscal seal of Domingo Perez, a mulatto man.

3 pages; Document includes fiscal seal and describes the sale of a slave. In Damain de Sierra, Tlaxcala, a 35 year old negro man is sold for 450 pesos in gold.

1 page; Includes fiscal seal paper for 1679-1680 and mentions slaves.