Abolición de la esclavitud / Abolition of Slavery in Mexico broadside

Collection

Identifier: MS 1025

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center in small manuscript collections.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a broadside distributed across the Republic of Mexico by the Mexican Congress in 1837, decreeing the abolition without exception of all slavery in all of the Republic.

Dates

Creation: 1837-04-05

Creator

Mexico. Congreso (Author, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research. Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center in small manuscript collections.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Abolición de la esclavitud collection must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

The Woodson Research Center use policy is that researchers assume sole responsibility for any infringement of privacy, literary rights, copyrights, or other rights arising from their use of the archival materials. In addition to any restrictions placed by donors, certain kinds of archival materials are restricted for the life of the creator plus 50 years. These materials include, but are not limited to, student grades, transcripts, and any job applications or recommendations

Biographical / Historical

Abolition of slavery was initiated in Mexico by the Spanish government, who abolished the practice throughout the empire in 1818. Like many other states which engaged in slavery, the full process of emancipation for the country took many years. The First Republic of Mexico issued a decree of abolition in 1829, but regions including Texas resisted, reclassifying enslaved people as "indentured servants for life". On April 5, 1837, the general Congress of the Mexican Republic issued a further decree, abolishing "without exception all slavery in all the Republic.” The decree also provided compensation for enslavers’ losses on a case-by-case basis: with the exception of settlers in Texas, who had seceded and later joined the United States as an enslaving state.

Extent

.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

Spanish; Castilian

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection contains a broadside distributed across the Republic of Mexico by the Mexican Congress in 1837, decreeing the abolition without exception of all slavery in all of the Republic.