Angola

Pero en lo que toca al rescate de esta tierra, que parece que el Padre se escusa de tratarlo. Digo, que en vna ocasion se me lamentaua vn Capitan de vna armazon de negros, que traía de Angola en vn nauio, por auer tocado en vn baxio llamado los Negrillos a vista de Cartagena, y corrido tan gran naufragio (exemplo de lo que acabamos de dezir) que solamente escapò treinta de nouecientos que en èl traía, que tambien ay venturas en las desdichas.

As for the trade in captives in Angola itself, which the Father seems to excuse himself from discussing, I will say this. Once a captain came to me grieving over a whole cargo of Africans that he was bringing from Angola in his ship. It had struck a shoal called the Negrillos, within sight of Cartagena, and was so badly wrecked that only thirty of the nine hundred aboard escaped. This is an example of what we have just said, for even misfortunes come in degrees.

Lastimòme el caso, assombròme el numero que deuia de auer en Angola de negros de rescate, y de vnas en otras me vino a contar la causa de la muchedumbre presente, aun con auer libertado a muchos por respeto de lo que contra la injusticia de su cautiuerio predicaua publicamente el Padre Rector Luis Brandaon (cuya carta acabo de referir.)

The case grieved me, and I was astonished at how many Africans for sale there must be in Angola. One thing led to another, and he came to tell me the reason there were so many now. This was true even though many had been freed because of what the Father Rector, Luis Brandaon, whose letter I have just quoted, preached publicly against the injustice of their captivity.