Abolition of Slavery - Mexico (Republic)
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Title
Abolition of Slavery - Mexico (Republic)
Collection
Miscellaneous Afro-Latin America Collection
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1837-05-05
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc MG 418
Shelf locator: Box 1, Folder 32
Subjects
Black people -- History -- Latin America
Black people -- Social conditions
Slavery -- History -- Latin America
Enslaved persons -- Latin America -- Social conditions
Mexico
Genres
Notes
Content: Decree declaring the abolition of slavery in the Mexican Republic and providing for the indemnification of slave owners. Broadside.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b18401028
Archives ID: 22005
Archives EAD ID: 3197868
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0f976c80-dfb0-0132-748f-58d385a7bbd0
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Abolition of Slavery - Mexico (Republic)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1837. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0f976c80-dfb0-0132-748f-58d385a7bbd0
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1837). Abolition of Slavery - Mexico (Republic) Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0f976c80-dfb0-0132-748f-58d385a7bbd0
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Abolition of Slavery - Mexico (Republic)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0f976c80-dfb0-0132-748f-58d385a7bbd0
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