Transcription
cierto que havia concurrido a una junta de
los Negros Minas, pero que fue por divertirse
en un baile, y que aunque alli se hizo la pro
posicion de levantarse contra los blancos
el no quiso consentir, por cuyo motivo no obs
tante que se le convido barias vezes por
medio del Negro Francisco esclavo de Jorge
Bergeron no quiso concurrir en la ultima
vez prefirio irse a divertir aun baile de
Criollos que havia al otro lado: y que el no
haver dado aviso a su amo, havia sido
por que juzgaba impossible el hecho, y
tambien por miedo de los Negros de su
nacion: Que a estos mismos Negros de les
pregunto si los Negros Criollos estaban mez
clados en la sublevacion o havian con
sentido en ella, y que respondieron que
los Negros Minas, pero que fue por divertirse
en un baile, y que aunque alli se hizo la pro
posicion de levantarse contra los blancos
el no quiso consentir, por cuyo motivo no obs
tante que se le convido barias vezes por
medio del Negro Francisco esclavo de Jorge
Bergeron no quiso concurrir en la ultima
vez prefirio irse a divertir aun baile de
Criollos que havia al otro lado: y que el no
haver dado aviso a su amo, havia sido
por que juzgaba impossible el hecho, y
tambien por miedo de los Negros de su
nacion: Que a estos mismos Negros de les
pregunto si los Negros Criollos estaban mez
clados en la sublevacion o havian con
sentido en ella, y que respondieron que
Translation
true that he had attended a meeting of
the Minas Blacks, but that it was to enjoy himself
at a dance, and that although the proposal
was made there to rise up against the whites
he refused to agree, which is why despite
the fact that they invited him several times through
the Black Francisco slave of Jorge
Bergeron he refused to attend the last
time and preferred to go have fun at a Creole
dance that was happening on the other side: and that he had not
warned his master, because he
believed the thing to be impossible, and
also for fear of the Blacks of his
nation: That these same Blacks
were asked if the Creole Blacks were mixed
up in the uprising or if they had agreed
to it and that they said
the Minas Blacks, but that it was to enjoy himself
at a dance, and that although the proposal
was made there to rise up against the whites
he refused to agree, which is why despite
the fact that they invited him several times through
the Black Francisco slave of Jorge
Bergeron he refused to attend the last
time and preferred to go have fun at a Creole
dance that was happening on the other side: and that he had not
warned his master, because he
believed the thing to be impossible, and
also for fear of the Blacks of his
nation: That these same Blacks
were asked if the Creole Blacks were mixed
up in the uprising or if they had agreed
to it and that they said
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