2. • Antonio de Gouveia was a Portuguese priest who once
lived during the 15th century and was born in the year
1518 in Terceira and was advanced to the holy
priesthood at the age of twenty at Lisbon
• Not following the norm of his era, he traveled
consistently about the Atlantic Ocean. He also captured
Indians for the slave trade.
• Antonio was a very intelligent man who studied many
things like astrology, alchemy and also practiced
medicine.
• People seemed to follow him and later in Bahia and
Pernambuco he became known as the Gold Priest.
• Antonio also had a talent for mining and had many
exploration
• s in the search of gold and silver

3. • In 1557 he was arrested for the second time in his
life for charges against him conveying him with
witchcraft and commencing with the devil. During
these accusations many people testified against
him.
• After being found guilty after waiting four years
in jail for a verdict, Antonio escaped jail only to
turn himself in the next morning.
• With punishment for escaping Antonio was then
placed in the galleys for four months. After
numerous pleading to be released, he was granted
leave and told to leave Portugal for good.
• Overall Gouveia led a very interesting and
eventful life where he learned many talents as well
as lessons until he passed away in 1566

4. • Catarina de Montay was Portuguese and became a nun in 1696 to
the only Covent in Brazil, the Desterro Convent she was also an
entrepreneur who lived in Bahia, Brazil in the 16th and 17th
centuries.
• Catarina looked up a fellow nun from her past named Madre
Victoria de Encarnacao. Madre Victoria had the same views that
Catarina had and they shared a similar childhood and
background.
• Her life as a nun gave her peace and companionship with her
fellow nuns. It also showed her life purposes and time to reflect on
life.
• Bahia had been a powerful area for trade and one of the largest
producers of sugar but the competition of the Caribbean made
supply and demand lower and brought down Bahia’s economy
severely.

5. • Bahia began experiencing droughts, floods,
and other environmental destructions and
many people were losing their income and
means for survival.
• In the 1690’s Bahia became known as the
Bay of All Saints and All Sinners when the
gold rush came and brought gold miners
looking for a bigger income.
• Catarina keep busy mostly by preparing and
selling sweets and she kept six males and six
female slaves to help her in the preparations.
• Throughout the years of her life, Catarina
had saved a considerable amount of money
and used the funds to donated to the chapel
as well as a slave so that the chapel would
grow in her eyes to be worthy of worship to
her savior

6. • Diego Vasicuio was born in 1671 into
the mestizo reality of Spanish Peru
and he lived in the Village of
Salamanca.
• During his life in Salamanca he
became and influential figure of a
group of Peruvian Indians.
• The Peruvian Indians had a belief
system of Sorimana
• Diego Vassicuio was accused of
creating a cult at the age of 90 from
Father de Prado.

7. • With multiple story attempts to lead Father de Prado to believe anything
other than being in a cult of heresy, Diego told Father de Prado about a
different cult using witchcraft.
• In the end Father de Prado demanded to have the guaca and told his men to
search all over for it.
• At the age of 90 Father de Prado charges Diego Vasicuio which lead to the
termination of Sorimana.
• Later on Diego and his followers eventually went back to practicing their
religious ceremonies that they believed in with their sacred stone that was
an image of Sorimana. This was the true guaca that Father de Prado had
been looking for.

8. • Francisco Baquero was born in the
18th century in Buenos Aires and was
labeled a mestizo.
• Francisco Baquero became an
apprentice shoemaker and ended up
opening up a shop after he was
married to earn a means of living.
• Because of constant discrimination
from his skin color he built a guild
where other mestizos could be
treated fairly

9. • Later on in his life he became an officer in a segregated military
unit.
• His contribuations for darker skinned shoemakers made the
trade last and accumulate income until the turmoil of
independence in 1810.
• Francisco Baquero became wealthy and after buying a house
for his family, he then spent his time working long day hours
with his son teaching his son the trade of shoemaking

10. • Beatriz de Padilla was born in the 1620’s in Lagos, Mexico and although
claimed to be a lighter skinned morisca was actually of milatto heritage and
worked as a housekeeper.
• Beatriz started a relationship with Diego Ortiz at the age of fourteen
• Beatriz lived with Diego de las Marinas and was his mistress until Diego
Ortiz became upset with her relationship and took her away from Diego de
las Marinas to live with himself instead.
• Although never married, Beatriz mothered four children
• A couple years after Diego and Beatriz moved in together, Diego passed
away and some believed her to have poisoned him. She was arrested and
charged for poisoning Diego, causing his death and using magic.

11. • Diego Ortiz upon his death left all of his
possessions to Beatriz which made his relatives
livid
• His relatives then began to fabricate a story
that she had murdered the Priest. This lie
continued to grow when his family brought
over Beatriz ex-servant lady who agreed to lie
for them and continue their story of the
murder
• All was set straight in the end when the
servant confessed her lies and Beatriz name
was once again clean.
• Beatriz had what other white women did not
have in her era, freedom.

12. • Miguel Hernandez was a second
generation Mexican and born in the 16th
century
• Miguel was a free mulatto
• Miguel was a literate man and he
developed relationships with people of
money.
• In 1604 Miguel owned twenty mules
which was worth many thousands of
acres of grazing land
• In Queretaro where Miguel moved too
became the town of transportation of
wheat and mutton which required
freighters.

13. • Miguel used means of income from buying and selling
properties throughout his life and was able to control his
spending well.
• Many of Miguel's relationships were considered risky for his
era and crossed racial boundaries.
• Miguel earned the title of Senor de Recuas which was rare for a
Mulatto to be addressed that way.
• Through his life long dedication and tough work he was very
successful for himself and family for his ear.