From South Asia to Mexico, from slave to spiritual icon, this woman's life is a snapshot of Spain's colonization – and the Pacific slave trade history that books often leave out

Catarina was revered in Puebla, Mexico – but devotion to her attracted Catholic authorities' disapproval after her death. Image from the collections of the Biblioteca Nacional de España …

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