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Abolición de la esclavitud / Abolition of Slavery in Mexico broadside

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1025
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

  • 1837-04-05

Creator

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

Overview

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.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased June 2022 from Elena Gallego Rare Books, San Antonio, TX

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Creator

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Abolición de la esclavitud, 1837
Status
Completed
Author
Dara Flinn
Date
2022
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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