Content: Document about a legal dispute during the mid-18th century between Argentinean slave importers and traders. It provides a rich description of the commercial slave importation system as well as the structure of the plantation system in the region of Mar del Plata. The manuscript contains detailed information regarding the number of slaves passing through Mar del Plata and the various prices of enslaved Africans imported during the four-year period.

Languages

Spanish, Castilian

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b18401028
Archives ID: 22005
Archives EAD ID: 3197854
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fc8ad700-e087-0132-1233-58d385a7b928

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Type Of Resource

Text

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "The slave trade in Mar del Plata - Argentina" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1749. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fc8ad700-e087-0132-1233-58d385a7b928

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1749). The slave trade in Mar del Plata - Argentina Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fc8ad700-e087-0132-1233-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "The slave trade in Mar del Plata - Argentina" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fc8ad700-e087-0132-1233-58d385a7b928

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