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Title This mss. book consists of many important letters relating to the Spanish conquest in America

Date 1850

Place America, Latin America, Spain

Language English, Spanish

Subjects Evangelistic work, Indians, Treatment of, Slave trade, Slaves, Tithes

Description One volume in box with title "Collección de Muñoz."
Armorial bookplate of Sir Arthur Helps with motto: "Auxilia auxiliis."
Embossed crest with crown and the word "Bath" on upper left margin of some leaves.
Laid in: four printed pages of proofs, with corrections, of Historia de los yndios mexicanos por Juan de Tovar. Ms. note of November 16, 1854 indicates that the proofs were a gift of the editor of the work, TP [i.e. Thomas Phillipps].
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

Summary A chronological register of letters from 1504-1563, pertaining to the Spanish conquest of America, in particular to the treatment and trade of enslaved Black and Indigenous people, copied by Sir Arthur Helps from the Muñoz Collection in the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid. All of the letters, which date from August 26, 1504 to October 10, 1563, refer in some way to the slave trade in the Spanish colonies of the New World, not only to the sale and transport of enslaved Indigenous people to work in the mines and canefields, but to the importation of enslaved Black people from Africa and Brazil by the Spanish and Portuguese. Recurrent themes are the economic importance of enslaved people, and the harsh treatment of them by the Spanish. The letters include excerpts from legal testimony in cases involving ownership of enslaved people; royal cédulas concerning importation and customs duties on enslaved people; directives from the king to treasury officials and colonial administrators; protests to Carlos V from enslavers concerning new laws freeing enslaved Indigenous people; and requests to the Consejo de Indias for permission to import enslaved people. Correspondence from church officials concerns the religious education of Indigenous people and their payment of tithes, and protests their harsh treatment. There are many references throughout to the decimation of the native populations of the Caribbean islands, such as Cuba, Santo Domingo, and Puerto Rico. Some of the letters are copied in both volumes.

Extent 2 v. ; 24 cm

Format Correspondence, Sources, Specimens

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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BibID 991234308805867

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File Created 06/15/2017

Filename 991234308805867_NL_VAULT_Ayer_MS_1101_0001.TIF

Unique Identifier NL1Q65W

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