1) Damiana da Cunha was a female Caiapo Indian leader in colonial Brazil who acted as an interpreter between her people and the Portuguese colonists and church, encouraging adaptation but also preservation of her people. 2) Antonio de Gouveia was a controversial Azorean priest and soldier in colonial Brazil and Americas who spent over a decade in and out of Inquisition prisons for disobeying orders and practicing medicine without permission. 3) Francisco Baquero was a non-white castas shoemaker in Buenos Aires who rose to become a militia officer and advocated for non-whites to be allowed to join the shoemakers guild, though his appeal was ultimately rejected.