Isabel de Olvera was a free woman of mixed racial heritage in the 16th and 17th centuries. 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. Deposition Isabel de Olvera dictated her deposition before three witnesses: Mateo Laines, a free black man living in Querétaro; Anna Verdugo; a mestiza woman who lived near the city, and Santa Maria, a black slave woman of the alcalde mayor. The deposition ran as follows: References 16th-century births 17th-century deaths People from Querétaro Mexican people of African descent 16th-century Mexican women 17th-century Mexican women 1600s in New Mexico