Mexican Legal Documents, 1577-1805. "Denunció" of a black slave named Ana or Mariana of the city of Guastepeque, 20 December 1658. 1-8, Harvard Law School Library. (Colonial North America: Harvard Law School Library)

Mexican Legal Documents, 1577-1805. "Denunció" of a black slave named Ana or Mariana of the city of Guastepeque, 20 December 1658. 1-8, Harvard Law School Library.

This collection contains various legal documents from colonial Mexico, from the 16th to the early 19th century. Included are proceedings of the Mexican Inquisition, as well items related to the business of the Casa de Moneda (Mint) of Mexico and Roman Catholic Church.

Historical/Biographical Information

In 1521, with the defeat of the Aztec Empire by Hernán Cortés, Mexico became a Spanish colony, where the European forms of government and religion were imposed on native cultures and Spanish emigres. The colonial government itself was established in 1535, the same year that the Casa de Moneda de México (Mint of Mexico), the first mint in the Americas, was founded. 1571 saw the beginning of another imported institution -- the Inquistition. Largely concerned with sexual and blasphemous actions by the clergy as well as false converts to Catholicism, the Mexican Inquisition tried both natives and Spanish citizens for their crimes. Spanish control of Mexico came to an end in 1821 after 10 years of revolution.

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Haviendo visto el capitulo q inserta en su carta escrita al s. [] [] [] [] D. Pdo de Medina Rico de 17 días deste presente mes y año, en que dice [haver] savido el [] lugar una negra de Atlisco que han traido unos hombres que andan en busca de una mina. La qual esphitonissa y la consulta para fin de Gallarla, de algunas respuestas assí consigo y la aparta de sí, q en ella responde= Aparecido que luego proceda ala aberiguacíon de todo, assí por lo tocante à dícha negra como à los que la han traído, y resultando la culpa, bastante menor probada, para aprission, q [] a los q resultaren culpados cn carcel publíca deesse lugar [], de otro [combe-] cino, donde esten mas seguros; I pareciendo que no lo estan bastante mente, les ponga una guarda, no, dos. Y remita luego los autos. Y para inflaucion del modo de gacerlos se le remite [] del modo de procesar, de Dios a N. P. [] y Diziem.e de 1658 []

[] Medina Rico Don D. [] Saenz de Manozca [] Don Bernabe de la [higa] y Amarilla

Por mando del So. offic. Bart.me de Galdiano

[] Fr. [] de Burgos.

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