Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1585

Name:

Paz, Fernando, 16th century; Durán, Juan, 16th century; Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Timespan:

To 1821

Date:

1585

Description:

Signed contract for the sale in Guatemala of an enslaved African woman transported from Guyana, to buyer Señor Juan Durán by seller Señor Fernando Paz. Later foliation suggests that this paper leaf was removed from a volume or a bound collection of documents.

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

Sold at auction at Bonhams (New York), 14 Apr. 2012, lot 25.; Sold by Voyager Press Rare Books & Manuscripts (West Vancouver, British Columbia), Manuscripta Americana catalog (2012).

Subject:

Slavery -- Guatemala; Slavery -- Guyana; Slavery; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Contracts; Manuscripts, Spanish; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf)

Geographic Subject:

Guatemala -- History -- To 1821; Guatemala; Guyana

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

In Spanish.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Misc Mss Box 14 Folder 23

Collection:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts