Peça

Pieza de India (Spanish, literally piece of India) denotes a unit with African slaves should be uniformly counted during the transatlantic slave trade. The unit has been changed over the years several times, but generally describes a healthy male slave fixed size and of a certain age, which was sometimes combined even with the determination of the region of origin. 15 -year-old slave- to four - or eight-year old 35-40 year old sized with two Piezas de India or two as a Pieza de India - Asiento In 1663 for example, were three 8.