Black Troops/Regiment of Freedmen - Argentina
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Title
Black Troops/Regiment of Freedmen - Argentina
Collection
Miscellaneous Afro-Latin America Collection
Names
Azcuenaga y Basavilbaso, Miguel de, 1754-1833 (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1812 - 1818 (Approximate)
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 11
Subjects
Black people -- History -- Latin America
Black people -- Social conditions
Slavery -- History -- Latin America
Enslaved persons -- Latin America -- Social conditions
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Armed Forces
Genres
Notes
Content: Lest We Forget #211
Abstract
Decree by Don Miguel de Azcuénaga 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.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b18401028
Archives ID: 22005
Archives EAD ID: 3197846
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f8dfafe0-c608-012f-7660-58d385a7bc34
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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 Freedmen - Argentina" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1812 - 1818. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f8dfafe0-c608-012f-7660-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1812 - 1818). Black Troops/Regiment of Freedmen - Argentina Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f8dfafe0-c608-012f-7660-58d385a7bc34
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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 Freedmen - Argentina" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f8dfafe0-c608-012f-7660-58d385a7bc34
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