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Black Troops - Regiment of Freemen

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division

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Miscellaneous Afro-Latin America Collection

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Black Troops - Regiment of Freemen
Collection

Miscellaneous Afro-Latin America Collection

Dates / Origin
Other Date: 1813 - 1859 (Inferred)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc MG 418
Shelf locator: Box 1, Folder 11
Topics
Blacks -- History -- Latin America
Blacks -- Social conditions
Slavery -- History -- Latin America
Slaves
Enslaved people
Slaves
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Armed Forces
Genres
decrees
Notes
Content: Lest We Forget #211
Content: Decree by Don Miguel de Azquenaga y Basabilvaso, Colonel of the State Armed Forces. Decree orders the creation of a regiment of Freemen. The decree spells out the procedure for how slaves are to be incorporated into the regiment and extends the decree of May 31, 1813 throughout the Province of Buenos Aires.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
Spanish, Castilian
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18401028
MSS Unit ID: 22005
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f8dfafe0-c608-012f-7660-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1813: Other (Approximate)
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2017: Found by you!
  • 2018

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Black Troops - Regiment of Freemen" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-c487-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Black Troops - Regiment of Freemen" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 26, 2017. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-c487-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. Black Troops - Regiment of Freemen Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-c487-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Black Troops - Regiment of Freemen