Registro Central de Esclavos
Records: 20,045 · Complete: 100%
These 1872 schedules, written in Spanish, resulted from "ley Moret," an 1870 law granting freedom to certain slaves in Puerto Rico. Slaves are listed under the department and then under the municipality in which they resided. Information for each slave may include name, country of origin, present residence, name of parents, sex, marital status, trade, age, physical description, and master's name.
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Source Information
"Registro Central de Esclavos, 1872" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/466/registro-central-de-esclavos: accessed January 17, 2021)
- Publication Title
- Registro Central de Esclavos
- Total Records
- 20,045 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number
- T1121
- Record Group
- 186
- Published on Fold3
- 26 Jun 2009
- Last Updated
- 30 Jun 2009
- Description
- NARA T1121. Slave schedules from among the Records of the Spanish Governors of Puerto Rico, 1872.