Slavery Document from Puerto Rico, Circa 1870 - “Registro de esclavos” (Registration for
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- “Registro de esclavos” (registration for a slave), slavery document from Puerto Rico. The person listed as “property” on “island of Puerto-Rico,” c. 1870. Partly printed, in Spanish, including slave’s stature, skin, hair, and eye color, and other descriptors. Signed by owner, commissioner, and registrar.
- The document measures approximately 8.25 x 6". Mounted on looseleaf paper, else very good.
- Originally brought to Puerto Rico to toil in the gold mines and ginger and sugar plantations, slavery persisted there til 1873, after some twenty revolts over a 350 year period.
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Includes a full letter of authenticity from JG Autographs, Inc.
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Slavery Document from Puerto Rico, Circa 1870 - “Registro de esclavos” (Registration for
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