Como Maltrata a Sus Negros y Negras Esclabos y los Buenos Esclabos lo Lleua con Pasencia por Amor de Dios. Y no le Dan de Bestir y de Comer y no Conzederan que le Hizo Dios y Murio por Ellos Como por los Espanoles · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Como Maltrata a Sus Negros y Negras Esclabos y los Buenos Esclabos lo Lleua con Pasencia por Amor de Dios. Y no le Dan de Bestir y de Comer y no Conzederan que le Hizo Dios y Murio por Ellos Como por los Espanoles
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; South America; West Indies
Description: This image depicts the poor mistreatment of African slaves in Spanish colonial Peru. There is a black woman on the left side of the image with tears running down her face as she holds her hands together pleading the Spanish official to not beat her with a stick. The official standing in front of her about to strike her with the stick in his hands. The black man is depicted falling to the ground after being beaten by a Spanish official. The Spanish official is depicted kicking him in the head. They are all dressed in Spanish/European clothing. The author criticizes the Spanish officials for their mistreatment of the good Christian slaves. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, soberbia [arrogance].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23802
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles; Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_23802_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Mistreatment; Abuse; Spaniards; Slaves; African Americans; Colonialism; Colonization

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