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Tomado de La población negra de México: estudio etnohistórico, por Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán, p.104. El texto ha sido modificado.

Los esclavos tomados en Zafí —puerto situado en el Marruecos actual, al suroeste de Casablanca—

fueron el resultado de la guerra contra el Islam, de donde el contingente principal se compuso de los

nativos de Marruecos y tierras cercanas —moros, bereberes, judíos y loros— que pasaron a las Indias

Occidentales en compañía de sus amos pobladores o conquistadores, bajo el común denominador de

esclavos blancos. Las preocupaciones religiosas exigieron bien pronto la prohibición del establecimiento

de estos infieles en tierras recién ganadas, donde se plantaba la Santa Fe Católica. A las cédulas

prohibitivas siguieron las de expulsión de aquellos que habían llegado, órdenes que se iniciaron en 1501

y fueron repetidas en varios años subsiguientes, al parecer sin ser estrictamente obedecidas, ya que

durante esta centuria entraron a nuestro país, y en lo general a América, pequeños grupos de esclavos

blancos.

----------------Translation (rough draft)

The slaves taken from Zafi, a port located in present day Morocco and southwest of Casablanca, was the

result of the war against Islam. The main contingent was composed of natives of Morocco and lands

nearby –moors, berbers, jews and loros- that went to the West Indies in the company of their masters

or conquerors [labeled as?] white slaves. Religious concerns soon demanded the prohibition of the

establishment of these infidels in the newly reclaimed lands, where they practiced the Catholic Santa Fé.

Said prohibitions followed the expulsion of those who had come; orders began in 1501 and were

repeated in subsequent years. Apparently these orders weren’t strictly obeyed since during this century

small groups of white slaves came to our country and to America in general.

-class draft

The slaves taken from Safi – a port located in present day Morocco, southwest of Casablanca, was the

result of the war against Islam. The main contingent was composed of natives of Morocco and lands

nearby –Moors, Berbers, Jews, and Loros, that went to the West Indies in the company of their masters

or conquerors [labeled as?] white slaves. Religious concerns soon demanded the prohibition of the

establishment of these infidels in the newly reclaimed lands, where they practiced the Catholic Santa Fé.

Said prohibitions followed the expulsion of those who had come; orders began in 1501 and were

repeated in subsequent years. Apparently these orders weren’t strictly obeyed since during this century

small groups of white slaves came to our country and to America in general.

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i1 A dark-skinned people group from Africa, link [Trans.] [Translator’s Note]