Isabel de Olvera
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Isabel de Olvera was a free woman of mixed racial heritage in the 16th and 17th centuries whose early life details are challenging to discover due to limited documented records.[1] She often referred to herself as mulatta, being the daughter of Hernando, an African man, and Magdalena, an Indian woman.[2] She lived in Querétaro, Mexico, and travelled on the Juan Guerra de Resa expedition to Santa Fe, sent to strengthen the Spanish claim to the colonised province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México. Olvera, the servant of a Spanish woman, filed a remarkable sworn deposition with the alcalde mayor of Querétaro before leaving on the expedition.[1]