Fugitive Slaves in the New World - Argentina
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Title
Fugitive Slaves in the New World - Argentina
Collection
Miscellaneous Afro-Latin America Collection
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1789 - 1859 (Questionable)
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 1
Subjects
Black people -- History -- Latin America
Black people -- Social conditions
Slavery -- History -- Latin America
Enslaved persons -- Latin America -- Social conditions
Spain
Genres
Notes
Content: Royal decree issued by the King of Spain concerning fugitive slaves, stating that slaves fleeing from other territories into Spanish America became free and were not to be returned to their former owners.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b18401028
Archives ID: 22005
Archives EAD ID: 3197836
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cf3e3af0-d7eb-0132-bf5f-58d385a7bbd0
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Fugitive Slaves in the New World - Argentina" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1789 - 1859. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cf3e3af0-d7eb-0132-bf5f-58d385a7bbd0
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1789 - 1859). Fugitive Slaves in the New World - Argentina Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cf3e3af0-d7eb-0132-bf5f-58d385a7bbd0
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Fugitive Slaves in the New World - Argentina" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cf3e3af0-d7eb-0132-bf5f-58d385a7bbd0
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