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Title
Magan Family Legal Documents
Collection

Miscellaneous Afro-Latin America Collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1726 - 1761
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 5
Topics
Black people -- History -- Latin America
Black people -- Social conditions
Slavery -- History -- Latin America
Enslaved persons -- Latin America -- Social conditions
Argentina
Genres
Documents
Notes
Content: Five documents dealing with the disposition of property belonging to the Magan family. The first contains the statement by Dr Antonio Jose Magan regarding the last will and testament of his mother, Inez de Cabrera y Magan, including a listing of her slave holdings (pp 12-13) and her wish to grant freedom to her slave Josefa (pp 4, 13).
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
Spanish, Castilian
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18401028
MSS Unit ID: 22005
Archives EAD ID: 3197840
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 68271c20-dbc0-0132-7fe8-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1726: Created (Approximate)
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Magan Family Legal Documents" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1726 - 1761. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e6b3ee0-dbc0-0132-1ec8-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Magan Family Legal Documents" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e6b3ee0-dbc0-0132-1ec8-58d385a7bbd0

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1726 - 1761). Magan Family Legal Documents Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e6b3ee0-dbc0-0132-1ec8-58d385a7bbd0

Wikipedia Citation

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Magan Family Legal Documents