_ 155 _ (21) Document no. and reference. Episodes of the year 1533 On the 4th of March 1533, King D. Joao III sent a letter from Lisbon to D. Henrique de Meneses, regarding slaves who convert to Christianity:(21) I have been informed that the merchants and residents of Ormuz have been complaining of their treatment with regard to their male and female slaves who become and remain Christians. I have also been told that what happens in such cases is that once they are Christians they are evaluated, and Portuguese Christians buy them at that valuation and the price is paid to their owners, and they remain slaves to the Christians who buy them in this way. I have discussed this with theologians and the following was decided: that when any such person wishes to convert and undergo baptism, they should be first examined by
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