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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985 Philadelphia police fired thousands of rounds at the MOVE house, city officials approved dropping an explosive device on the roof, the resulting fire was allowed to burn, 11 people—including five children—died, and 61 homes were destroyed. Philadelphia City Council later called it a “brutal attack carried out by the City of Philadelphia on its own citizens” and acknowledged that no individual faced criminal consequences for the bombing. One timeline correction worth preserving for the BHP record: the major previous MOVE-police confrontation was August 8, 1978, about seven years before the bombing, not a year or two earlier. Officer James Ramp was killed, other police and firefighters were wounded, nine MOVE members were later convicted, and television cameras recorded police beating Delbert Africa during his arrest. The 1985 MOVE Commission later specifically criticized city planners for failing to adequately use lessons from that 1978 confrontation. And that actually strengthens the point you’re making: 1985 did not happen without precedent or institutional memory. There had already been a deadly confrontation with MOVE, years of conflict, negotiations and police involvement before Osage Avenue.

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Sale agreements for enslaved persons Miguel and Juan in colonial New Spain

Date
April 1670
Subject of
Domenico Grillo, Genoese Italian, 1617 - 1687
Ambrosio Lomellino, Genoese, died 1667
Francisco Arias de Viveros
Sebastian de Velasco
Nicolás Soltero Castaneda
Juan Prieto Soltero
Juan Bautista, Genoese
María Isabela Lomellino, Genoese
Francisco Lomellino, Genoese
Jerónimo Muñoz, Spanish
Agostino Lomellino, Genoese, died 1669
Diego Benites Delgado, Spanish
Captain Pedro de Armendáriz
Joseph Carillo
Juan Godines
Alonso de Coria
Signed by
Nicolás Álvarez
Francisco Arias de Viveros
Description
A four page Spanish language manuscript handwritten in ink describing the sale of two enslaved men in colonial New Spain’s Cuidad de Los Angeles (today Puebla, Mexico). The first and fourth page are stamped with two seals in the upper left cover and have four lines of printed text as the heading. The left margin on all pages is left blank and there is minor wear around the pages.
The manuscript contains two documents. The first two pages describe the bill of sale for Miguel and last two pages for Juan, both who were said to have been of Arará ethnicity and 20 years of age. The enslaved men were sold to Don Nicolás Soltero Castaneda by the factors Francisco Arias de Viveros and Sebastián de Velasco, representative merchants of Domingo Grillo and heirs of Ambrocio Lomelin. Each man was sold for 415 common gold pesos (currency). The documents are dated April 26, 1670 and are signed by Francisco Arias de Viveros and Nicolas Álvarez, a public notary.
Place made
Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
Place captured
Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America
Madrid, Spain, Europe
Cadiz, Spain, Europe
Mexico City, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
Veracruz, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
West Africa, Africa
Topic
African American
British colonialism
Catholicism
Colonialism
Law
Slavery
Spanish colonialism
Trans-Atlantic slave trade
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Classification
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Documents and Manuscripts
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2020.26.14.1.2
Type
documents
legal documents
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
ink on wove paper
Dimensions
H x W (closed): 12 7/16 × 8 9/16 in. (31.6 × 21.8 cm)
H x W (open): 12 7/16 × 17 1/16 in. (31.6 × 43.3 cm)
Title
Object Name • Sale agreements for enslaved persons Miguel and Juan in colonial New Spain
Record ID
nmaahc_2020.26.14.1.2
Museum
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SALE AGREEMENTS FOR ENSLAVED PERSONS MIGUEL AND JUAN IN COLONIAL NEW SPAIN
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1670s
Name
Godines, Juan • Bautista, Juan • de Armendáriz, Pedro • Lomellino, Agostino • Ambrosio Lomellino • Lomellino, María Isabela • Muñoz, Jerónimo • de Velasco, Sebastian • Álvarez, Nicolás • Benites Delgado, Diego • Arias de Viveros, Francisco • Soltero Castaneda, Nicolás • Grillo, Domenico • Prieto Soltero, Juan • de Coria, Alonso • Lomellino, Francisco • Carillo, Joseph
Place
Europe • Cadiz • Latin America • Spain • Barbados • Puebla • North and Central America • Madrid • West Africa • Mexico • Veracruz • Caribbean • Mexico City
Topic
Slavery • Law • Trans-Atlantic slave trade • British colonialism • Spanish colonialism
Culture
African Americans • Catholics
Geo Location
City • Puebla • State • Puebla • Country • Mexico • Region • Latin America • Continent • North and Central America • Country • Barbados • Subregion • Caribbean • City • Madrid • Country • Spain • Continent • Europe • City • Cadiz • City • Mexico City • State • Veracruz • Region • West Africa • Continent • Africa
Type
Legal documents • Documents
Online Media Type
Images
Online Media Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Which Black woman became the first elected to the United States Congress?

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