Slave Registry Listing a 37 Year Old Enslaved Black Male, "Empadronamiento General de esclavos" - Puerto Rico, 1871

Puerto Rico

Manuscripts & Autographs

Slave registry document titled "Empadronamiento General de esclavos" from Santana, Arecibo, Puerto Rico. 1871. Measuring 6.25" x 8.5". This document was registered by a person with the surname "Ortiz", and lists an enslaved 37 year old male by the name of "Juan Pablo" documented on the receipt. Document bears official signatures from the local authorities, as well as a grey postage stamp. The enslaved person is listed by their age, stature, "color", hair color, beard, eyes, nose, and mouth. The "color" of this individual is listed as "negro". In Puerto Rico, slavery would be abolished in 1873. However, the act that outlawed the practice did not emancipate slaves, instead phasing it out while also indebting slaves to their masters. Slaves would have to work for a term of three years for their former masters, the state, or other employers to be released from slavery, in addition to having to pay back the master a portion of the 35 million pesetas that he was to be compensated for each former slave. Some wormholing and occasional spotting, and heading partially cut. Overall good condition.

Item #20813

Price: $450.00