Antonio Paramilla-Aguilar

Antonio Paramilla-Aguilar (February 10 1598 - October 31 1649) was a Spanish-Ajudigan plantation-owner, slave trader and merchant best known for being the father of mathematician and botanist Qjarax del'Coso. He was the founder and owner of Plantation Cristina. 

Early Life

Antonio Paramilla Aguilar was born on February 10 1598 in Málaga, Spain. His father was Marco Paramilla Moreno, a merchant. His mother was Flores Aguilar Gómez. Antonio was baptized two days after his birth in the Málaga Cathedral. Antonio grew up alongside 4 brothers and 3 sisters.

Settlement in Ajudige

Antonio was a merchant in Málaga, Spain. After hearing about the succes of his older brother Manuel Paramilla Aguilar, a merchant in the Spanish colony of Adige, Antonio decided to settle in Ajudige in the year 1620. Antonio settled as a merchant in Coso. In 1622, Paramilla decided to buy the anbandoned Gandia sugar plantation. After obtaining a loan, Antonio bought slaves from neighboring plantations. Eventually, the plantation Gandia was the largest sugar plantation in  all of Ajudige.

Antonio started a relation with his Ajudigian housemaid and eventually their son Carraz "Qjarax" was born as a free mestizo on 17 August 1633. Paramilla later began a relationship with Cristina Isabel Francisca Santos Dominguez (1605-1688), the daughter of plantation owner Francisco Santos Carvajal. On April 29, 1634, Paramilla married Santos at the Plantation Gandia in Coso, which he renamed on their wedding day to Plantation Cristina. Seventeen months later, Cristina gave birth to their first son, Juan in 1635. Two years later, a daughter, Maria was born. A year later, a son, Carlos was born. Around 1640 the plantation had around 210 enslaved Ajudigans.

Ajudigian Revolution

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