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1872207961872. Slave registry document titled "Empadronamiento General de esclavos" from Arecibo Puerto Rico. 1872. Measuring 6.25" x 8.5". This document was registered by a Puerto Rican born person and lists an enslaved 18 year old male by the name of "Antonio" documented on the receipt. Document bears official signatures from the local authorities as well as a blue 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 "mulato". 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 heading partially cut and back reinforced by notepaper. Overall very good condition. unknown
1870208251870. Slave registry document titled "Empadronamiento General de esclavos" from Arecibo Puerto Rico. 1870. Measuring 6.25" x 8.5". This document was registered by a person with the surname "Parrea" and lists a 43 year old enslaved person named "Domingo" documented on the receipt. Document bears official signatures from the local authorities as well as a green stamp. The enslaved person is listed by their age stature "color" hair color beard eyes nose and mouth. The "color" this individual is listed as "negro" along with their eye color their stature listed as "regular" and their lips as "grande." 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. unknown
1870207991870. Slave registry document titled "Empadronamiento General de esclavos" from Arecibo Puerto Rico. 1870. Measuring 6.25" x 8.5". This document was registered by a Puerto Rican born person and lists an enslaved 20 year old male by the name of "Pedro Jose" documented on the receipt. Document bears official signatures from the local authorities as well as a red 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 "mulato" with a "regular" beard. 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 heading partially cut and back reinforced by notepaper. Overall very good condition. unknown
1867208151867. Slave registry document titled "Empadronamiento General de esclavos" from Quebradillas Puerto Rico. 1867. Measuring 6.25" x 8.5". This document was registered by a "Balentin Perez y Pena" and lists a 23 year old enslaved person named "Manuel" documented on the receipt. Document bears official signatures from the local authorities as well as a green stamp from Quebradillas. The enslaved person is listed by their age stature "color" hair color beard eyes nose and mouth. The "color" this individual is listed as "mulato". The name of this person's mother is listed as "Martina". 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. unknown
1872208261872. Slave registry document titled "Empadronamiento General de esclavos" from Arecibo Puerto Rico. 1872. Measuring 6.25" x 8.5". This document was registered by a person registering their slave. Document bears official signatures from the local authorities as well as a green stamp. The enslaved person is listed by their age stature "color" hair color beard eyes nose and mouth. The person is listed as 29 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. unknown
1871208111871. Slave registry document titled "Empadronamiento General de esclavos" from Cambalache Arecibo Puerto Rico. 1871. Measuring 6.25" x 8.5". This document was registered by a person with the surname "Tejada" and lists an enslaved 6 year old boy by the name of "Juan de la Cruz" documented on the receipt. Document bears official signatures from the local authorities. The enslaved child is listed by their age stature "color" hair color beard eyes nose and mouth. The "color" of Juan is listed as "negro". His mother's name is listed as "Victoriana". 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 heading partially cut and back reinforced by notepaper. Overall good condition. unknown
1871208131871. 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. unknown
1868208271868. 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. unknown
1870207971870. Slave registry document titled "Empadronamiento General de esclavos" from Arecibo Puerto Rico. 1870. Measuring 6.25" x 8.5". This document was registered by a Puerto Rican born person and lists an enslaved 19 year old male by the name of "Maurice" documented on the receipt. Document bears official signatures from the local authorities as well as a red 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 minor wormholes and occasional spotting heading partially cut and back reinforced by notepaper. Overall very good condition. unknown
1871208121871. Slave registry document titled "Empadronamiento General de esclavos" from Cambalache Arecibo Puerto Rico. 1871. Measuring 6.25" x 8.5". This document was registered by a person with the surname "Tejada" and lists an enslaved 36 year old male by the name of "Lucas" 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" with a "regular" beard. 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 heading partially cut and back reinforced by notepaper. Overall good condition. unknown
1871231181871. Slavery Black Labor Puerto Rico This official Puerto Rican slave registry document issued in Arecibo in 1871 under Spanish colonial administration represents the bureaucratic infrastructure of slavery in the Caribbean at the precise moment preceding abolition. Titled within the printed form as part of the "Registro de Esclavos - Isla de Puerto Rico" the document records the forced legal identity of an identified enslaved man. <br /> <br /> Single sheet slave registry document "Empadronamiento General de esclavos" from Arecibo Puerto Rico dated 20 de Enero de 1871. 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 22 years old and the "color" of this individual is listed as "negro". The physical list of classifications functioned as mechanisms of surveillance control and verification within the colonial slave system. Inclusion of official signatures from both the "dueño" and "comisario" along with a stamped fiscal seal en verso.<br /> <br /> Produced just two years prior to the 1873 abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico the document reflects the transitional legal environment in which enslaved individuals were increasingly catalogued in anticipation of emancipation policies that would in practice impose systems of forced apprenticeship and indemnification to former enslavers.<br /> Some minor wormholes and occasional spotting. Overall good condition. The document stands as evidence of how emancipation in Spanish territories was mediated through administrative control prolonging coercive labor conditions even as slavery was formally dismantled. unknown
18996319San Juan: Hardie Bros 1899. Very good. 72pp. Oblong octavo. Original card wrappers front cover printed in gilt string-tied at gutter. Minor soiling and edge wear to wrappers. Light toning otherwise internally clean. A rare photo-illustrated promotional pamphlet that details the people places and activities of Puerto Rico in 1899 the year after it became a United States territory as a result of the Spanish-American War. These "Views of Puerto Rico" begins with a brief one-page history of the island followed by seventy pages of captioned photographs picturing a variety of settings and activities. The images are mostly full-page but also include several photo collages. The work opens with a few image that document the U.S. takeover of the island followed by numerous images of Puerto Rican buildings street scenes monuments city and rural views and even a cockfight. The image feature a healthy number of local men women and children engaged in everyday life on the island. OCLC locates copes of this scarce work at only four U.S. institutions Delaware UCLA Tulane and the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library New York. Hardie Bros unknown
