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Title
Taxes (Black, mulatto, and other castes: women) - Mexico
Additional title: Payment of Taxes by Widows, Single Women, and Matrons
Collection

Miscellaneous Afro-Latin America Collection

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1789-09-19
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 29
Topics
Black people -- History -- Latin America
Black people -- Social conditions
Slavery -- History -- Latin America
Enslaved persons -- Latin America -- Social conditions
Taxation
Mexico
Genres
decrees
Notes
Content: Refers to the decree issued March 26, 1787, establishing that free black, mulatto, and other caste widows, single women, and matrons would be exempted from the payment of taxes. This decree establishes a mechanism for the circulation of copies of the decree among government officials and compliance with the 1787 decree.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
Spanish, Castilian
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18401028
MSS Unit ID: 22005
Archives EAD ID: 3197865
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 91efaf30-dfaf-0132-ca23-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1789: Issued
  • 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. "Taxes (Black, mulatto, and other castes: women) - Mexico" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1789-09-19. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/991a4a80-dfaf-0132-3e08-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Taxes (Black, mulatto, and other castes: women) - Mexico" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/991a4a80-dfaf-0132-3e08-58d385a7bbd0

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1789-09-19). Taxes (Black, mulatto, and other castes: women) - Mexico Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/991a4a80-dfaf-0132-3e08-58d385a7bbd0

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Taxes (Black, mulatto, and other castes: women) - Mexico