Slave Registry Listing a 30 Year Old Enslaved Black Persons "Empadronamiento General de esclavos" - Puerto Rico, 1868

Puerto Rico

Manuscripts & Autographs

Slave registry document titled "Empadronamiento General de esclavos" from Arecibo, Puerto Rico. 1868. Measuring 6.25" x 8.5". This document was registered by a person registering their slave. Document bears official signatures from the local authorities. The enslaved person is listed by their age, stature, "color", hair color, beard, eyes, nose, and mouth. The person is listed as 30 years old and the "color" of this individual is listed as "negro". En verso is the printed instructions on how to fill the form as well as the articles on the law of slave trafficking. 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 minor wormholes and occasional spotting. Overall good condition.

Item #20827

Price: $450.00