Virginia Sanchez is an independent scholar researching those who were enslaved in Hispano communities. She shares some of their stories in Mora County, as well as touching on those in southern Colorado (more to come on that!).

You can find a list of Virginia's books and articles here.

You can email Virginia at virginia.sanchez [at] comcast [dot] net.

You can order Pleas and Petitions from the University of Colorado Press.

Here's a cool article on Virginia's work on PBS.

Other books mentioned:

Nacion Genizaro, edited by Moises Gonzales and Enrique R. Lamadrid

Captives and Cousins (my guy's name wasn't in there!), James Brooks

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