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- 1 2 Morales Padrón, Francisco (2012). Spanish Trinidad. Kingston/Miami: Ian Randle Publishers. p. 160. ISBN 978-976-637-616-1.
- ↑ Caribbean History Archives: "The Code Noir". Gérard Besson . Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ↑ Borde, Pierre Gustave Louis (1982). The History of the Island of Trinidad under the Spanish Government. Port of Spain: Paria Publishing. p. 207.