My cousin Ivelisse Pabón does genealogical research on our family's African ancestors. She doesn't publish her work so I wanted to share a recent find.
The image is the cover of an article from the provincial #library in Cádiz #Spain. It shows the brand that was burned into the skin of people trafficked by La Companía Gaditana de Negros in 1765 to show that the transaction had paid the duties to make it " legitimate".
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