2. A female
The most popular female of the late pre-
Hispanic and early colonial history of
Mexico.
She lived in Aztec capital “Tenochitlan.”
Which was modern day Mexico City.
The time she lived was 1509-1551
3. She was known as the “Aztec Princess.”
She was married off and given one of the
biggest encomienda in the valley of Mexico.
Converted into being catholic by Cortez and
she became very religious and was very
involved in the Church.
4. Male
Occupation was a Native Priest
1580-1670
From Salamanca, Buenos Aires in a
permanent settlement
Was a priest who was assigned to convert
towards a group of natives to worship the
Catholic god.
Liked to keep his relgious values sacred.
5. Juan De Morga- Male
Born 1627
Gertruidis de Escobar- Female
Born-1645
Slaves in Mexico that struggled to
survive during the colonial
economy with sugar plantations
and silver mines
6. They were mulatto slaves, from the colony of
New Spain
The contributed a lot effort in there lives to
dismantle the restrictive colonial labor
system.
Juan sold himself to the devil and prayed to
the devil so his master could treat him better.
He also learned how to read and write
7. Gertrudis de Escobar- Was a servant to a nun
and accepted to God many times and for
punishment was sent out to the sugar
plantations and was forced to be close to
priests
She always tried to escape from the
plantation and got punished for it.
They were very gifted individuals
8. They also worked around African
Slaves
They lived during the middle of
the 17th century which was
difficult for slaves to be surviving
in because of harsh living
conditions and labor, the Spanish
enforced on them.
9. Indian slave
Female
The city of Belem do para near the Amazon
river.
Known as a young lover
Illegally enslaved in the back country
10. Tried to petition for her freedom to the
Portuguese authority’s and tried to get a lot
of witnesses .
She was very unsuccessful and remained as a
slave
She was a native american
Her lover told her to plead her freedom
She was part of the Mano tribe
11. Late 18th Century to early 19th century- She
lived
Female
Colony- Sertanista
Social Group was the Caiapo Tribe
Community leader with the Aldeia he taught
Played a big role in her community and
organized a group to make people believe in
her beliefs.
12. Meditated with local natives and new
colonies.
Hard time with some unknown history where
her marriage took place, and where she grew
up
It was important to the natives that her
presence was around the villages.
Impacted many people back in that day.
