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- Catalog: Monterrey Metropolitan City (second epoch) Section: Indigenous Series: Buying and selling Title: Sale of female Mulatto Place: Monterrey Date: Jan 14,1705 Pages: 2 Volume: 8, File: 1, Page: 160 NO 73, Notes:
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Capitan Antonio Leal, citizen of the town of San Juan de Cadereyta, sells to Bachiller Lorenzo Perez de Leon, Priest Clergyman, domiciliary of the bishopric of Guadalajara and priest, vicar and ecclesiastical judge of Valle del Pilon, and his parish, a female Mulatto named Lucia, "with two male children, with another on the way"; of 35 years, more or less, "of honey color, with eyes somewhat deep, with smooth hair, of good stature", and the children of 5 years, more or less. This slave is what remained from the assets of Josefa Gonzalez, mother of the salesman and grandmother of the bachiller, "in whose house was born, Maria, female Mulatto slave". He sells them "as slaves, captives, subjects to servitude", as executor for Josefa Gonzalez. Sold for 570 pesos. Appears before Capitan Juan Esteban de Ballesteros, Alcalde Ordinario. Witnesses were: Capitan Miguel Leal de Leon, Antonio Leal and Jose Leal. In attendance were: Nicolas Ochoa de Elejalde and Miguel Rodriguez de Montemayor.
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