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On a Sunday towards the end of 1746, three men's lives intersected in a schaggerije (tavern) at Pagodinho-they belonged to an enslaved man, a christian pandij and a christian mocqua. 1 The enslaved man, Cruz, had been put to work in the tavern some two months earlier by his master, the Christian mocqua, Pedro Gomez.Records indicate that Pedro may have been the owner of the tavern or was closely involved in running it, as there is mention of him visiting the tavern "very early in the morning as usual".2 According to Cruz's later declaration before the court, Pedro Gomez's wife, Dominga, had forbidden Cruz from serving alcohol to her husband.And so Cruz had refused to serve Pedro a drink when he demanded one that Sunday.Cruz stated that Pedro then "threatened to sell him to one of the sailors" as soon as he got the chance.3 Pedro confirmed this threat in his interrogation.4 The Christian pandij, Anthonij from Tutucorijn, aged twenty and residing at Pagodinho, noticed that Cruz was aggrieved when he walked into the tavern.In his interrogation before the court, Cruz declared that Anthonij, seeing him "being very sad, and crying bitterly … asked for the reasons of his sadness".After Cruz had "revealed that his senhor [master] wanted to sell him to the scheepsvrienden [sailors]", Anthonij suggested that Cruz come with him and that he would help him reach his homeland.Cruz answered that "he did not know where his homeland was himself".He agreed to leave with Anthonij, however, after Anthonij had reassured him that "he would know where it was".5
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