This document discusses several individuals from late pre-Hispanic and colonial Mexico and South America. It describes a female Aztec princess named Malintzin who lived in Tenochtitlan from 1509-1551 and converted to Catholicism after marrying a Spanish conquistador. It also mentions a male native priest from 1580-1670 who was assigned to convert a native group in Argentina to Catholicism. Finally, it discusses two mulatto slaves in 17th century Mexico, Juan de Morga and Gertrudis de Escobar, who struggled against the colonial labor system.

1. Brianna Filips
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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.