Legal

Juan Fernandez de Cordoba, gobernador, sells his 25 year old mulato slave Miguel, to Juan Henriquez, for 450 pesos. (T. Barnes) (1976) additional slave sales- 0274-0276- 4 mulatos, ages 5, 6, 9 and ?-purchase freedom for 300 pesos. (3 children and Mother) 0278-0279- 1 mulato, age 20, 250 pesos. 0283-0285- 1 Mulata, age 29, 400 pesos. 0291-0292- 1 Mulata, age 28, 300 pesos. 0295-0296- 1 Mulata, age 60, 150 pesos. 0343-0343- 1 Mulata, age 15, 300 pesos. 0378-0378- 1 Mulata, age ??, freed. 0378-0381- 1 mulato, age 26, 250 pesos. 0399-0402- 1 mulato, age 23, 350 pesos.

Sales Mulatto slave de color cocho, age 25, 350 pesos. (T. Sheridan) (1976) additional slave sales- 0318b-0319a- sale Negra slave, age 25, 450 pesos. 0320a-0323b- sale Negra slave, age 30, and her mulatillo son, age 2, 450 pesos (direct evidence miscegenation). 0369a-0371a- sale Negra slave, age 21, 325 pesos, mulatta. Slave, age 39, no price. 0372b-0373a- sale mulatta slave, age 25, 300 pesos. 0389b-0390b- sale Negra slave, age 36, 420 pesos.

Antonia de Aldana apprentices Juan Antonio de Ledes, Young Indian Boy of 16 she has raised and educated, to Andres de la Marcha, a tailor. (T. Sheridan) (1976)

Contract for transfer of land, 12 ox teams pertaining to hacienda de labor owned by deceased Juan Francisco de Retana between Indians from San Francisco de Conchos and Retana's heir, Juan Bautista de Ibarre. Mentions damage done by hacienda cattle to Indian fields, use of involuntary Indian labor on hacienda lands. Maiz mentioned as primary Indian crop. Related documents 0171b-0179a. (T. Sheridan) (1976)

Sale Mulatto slave, age 19, 400 pesos. (T. Sheridan) (1976)

Large estate. Hacienda, houses, animals, land, slaves, etc. Total sale- 200,000 pesos. Diego de Quiroz is the son of Maria de Saldibar. (T. Barnes) (1976)

Juan de Salazar sells to Diego de Perez- Juan a 20 year old mulato slave for 400 pesos. (T. Barnes) (1976) additional slave sales- 0299-0300- 1 Mulata, age 43, 380 pesos. 0304-0305- male, female and 4 children, 1950 pesos. 0304-0305- 1 Negro, age 22 0304-0305- 1 Mulata, age 24 0304-0305- 1 mulatillo, age 2 0304-0305- 1 mulatilla, age 5 0304-0305- 1 mulatillo, age 7 0304-0305- 1 mulatillo, age 7 0305-0305- 1 Negro, age 22, 500 pesos. 0312-0312- 1 mulatillo, age 7, 250 pesos. 0313-0314- 1 Mulata, age 23, 600 pesos.

Santiago Vancho, herder, was attached by Antonio Rosales. Santiago was armed with a dagger and gun. The latter misfired, but the dagger proved effective. Antonio's lance, however, was more effective and Santiago was killed. Antonio suffered bad wounds. The testimony of witnesses led to his arrest. (P. Hayes) (1977)

Joseph frees his 35 year old Mulata slave, Manuela. (T. Barnes) (1976) additional slave sales- 0262-0263- 1 Mulata Blanca, age 16, freed.

Accounting of over 100 militia men of presidio de San Hipolito in Durango; and men in Parral. (R. Davis) (1976)