1625 Muster
Original primary source
vs filtered by “servants”
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Name Muster Status Location Corporation Age Ship Date of
Arrival
Muster
Date
Notes
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Name Muster Status Location Corporation Age Ship Date of
Arrival
Muster
Date
Notes
servant
servant
servant
servant
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Were the Africans on the muster
slaves or indentured servants?
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“By the time of Portuguese
colonization of South
America, the term “negro”
[negros da terra] had become
almost synonymous with
“slave” in the Portuguese
language” (13)
-- Nishida, Slavery and Identity