Feb 24, 2021 | Transcription
The Mulatto GentlemAn of Esmeraldas Los tres mulatos de Esmeraldas (1599) Portrait of Don Francisco de Arobe and Sons Pedro and Domingo from the Esmeraldas coast in Ecuador. The son of an escaped African slave and a native woman, Francisco submitted to the authority...
Feb 24, 2021 | Transcription
Opening the transatlantic slave trade Royal Charter of 1518 Two years after his accession to the throne, in 1518, Emperor Charles V began to grant private licenses to merchants for the importation of African slaves to the Indies. This charter marked the opening of the...
Dec 9, 2020 | Transcription
Unveiling the Papal BullRomanus Pontifex (1455)The Romanus Pontifex, a profound document issued by Pope Nicholas V in 1455, reverberates with the echoes of a tumultuous past. It epitomizes an era marked by power struggles, colonial aspirations, and clashes of...
Sep 19, 2020 | 17th Century, Barbados, Book, Transcription
Richard Ligon A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbados (1657) First published in 1657, Ligon’s account details the experiences of a royalist who escaped to the Caribbean island of Barbados during the English Civil War. Introduction Having lost much...
Sep 18, 2020 | 17th Century, Pamphlet, Transcription
Barbados Barbados Slave Rebellion “Great Newes from the Barbadoes” (1676) Introduction The pamphlet, or short book, published anonymously in London in 1676, describes an enslaved conspiracy on Barbados. In 1675, an enslaved woman, variously named Fortuna...
Jul 1, 2020 | 17th Century, Manuscript, North America, Transcription
London Locke’s 1698 Virginia Plan As a leading member of the Board of Trade after the Glorious Revolution in 1688, John Locke investigated and wrote a lengthy plan to reform Virginia laws and policies, including polices of governance and that related to slavery....
