The Mulatto GentlemAn of Esmeraldas
Los tres mulatos de Esmeraldas (1599)
Portrait of Don Francisco de Arobe and Sons Pedro and Domingo from the Esmeraldas coast in Ecuador. The son of an escaped African slave and a native woman, Francisco submitted to the authority of the Spanish Crown in exchange for the governorship of the province of Esmeraldas.
Introduction
Background
Further Reading
Citations
“Los tres mulatos de Esmeraldas,” Original at the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid