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Ecuador - Request submitted before the President of the High Court for location of mines

Request submitted before the President of the High Court for prospecting on a hill called Condorasto (south of Ecuador) mentioning slave labourers. In this request, the prospector states that due to his rank his slaves should not be confiscated.

Heritage document in the National Archive of Ecuador in the series called Mines, Box 2, File 15, number of pages 35.  

Document reporting slaves working in mines.

 

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Other data of interest

Ecuador

State of conservation

Good

Type of document

Manuscript

Current Use

Research

Publication date

1766 Agosto 7

Author

Manuel Frias de Agüero, minero