Based on manuscripts from the Mexican National Archive recording a 1650 Inquisition trial for astrology, this article will present a reconstruction of the story of Gaspar Riveros Vasconcelos, a “mulatto” born in Tangier, a descendant of a Portuguese father and Angolan mother. He travelled the Atlantic commercial routes – visiting Angola, Pernambuco, Cartagena de Indias, La Havana – and got involved in political discussions with Spaniards residing in mid-seventeenth century Mexico City. This period was particularly tough for Portuguese people in Spanish America, given the 1640 breach of the dynastic union of Spain and Portugal, which had been formerly achieved in 1581 by King Philipp ii. Vasconcelos’ story allows us to reflect on identity formation in time, on the concept of race, as well as on the ways in which “a persona miserable de color pardo” could deploy his agency as Afro-Portuguese in colonial Mexico society.

As such, this paper aims to reconsider the relevance of individual narratives which can generate a growing awareness of the importance that Afro-descendants had in the Ibero-American world and how they could influence the process of racialization in the local context of seventeenth century New Spain.

根据墨西哥国家档案馆记录的 1650 年占星术宗教裁判所审判的手稿，本文将重建加斯帕·里韦罗斯·瓦斯康塞洛斯的故事，加斯帕·里韦罗斯·瓦斯康塞洛斯是出生在丹吉尔的“混血儿”，父亲是葡萄牙人，母亲是安哥拉人。他走遍大西洋商业航线——访问安哥拉、伯南布哥、卡塔赫纳、拉哈瓦那——并与居住在 17 世纪中叶墨西哥城的西班牙人进行政治讨论。考虑到 1640 年西班牙和葡萄牙王朝联盟的破裂，这一时期对于在西班牙美洲的葡萄牙人来说尤其艰难，而这原本是由国王菲利普二世在 1581 年实现的. 瓦斯康塞洛斯的故事让我们能够及时反思身份形成、种族概念，以及“一个悲惨的黑人角色”如何将他的代理机构部署为墨西哥殖民社会的非裔葡萄牙人。

因此，本文旨在重新考虑个人叙事的相关性，这可以使人们越来越意识到非洲裔在伊比利亚美洲世界中的重要性，以及他们如何影响 17 世纪新世纪当地背景下的种族化进程。西班牙。