(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION PERU) Agreement to purchase two slav

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--PERU.) Agreement to purchase two slaves in early colonial Peru--with illustrations of the brands on their legs. 2 manuscript pages, 12 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches, on one sheet, signed by Pedro Munoz; stitch holes in margin, later red pencil mark, minor edge wear. Arequipa, Peru, 1561

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States the obligation of Pedro Munoz of Arequipa, Peru to pay Gaspar Gómez 370 pesos for two female slaves once they arrive in La Paz, described as two light-skinned mulattos, with their brands illustrated in the text of the document: one an upside-down sign of Venus, repeated on the other with the addition of something like a heart: "dos mulatos rucias que en una tiene un hierro en una pierna de esta manera [brand] y la otra an la pierna izquierda con dos hierros de esta forma [two brands]."