Description

Fourteen-page document containing a legal request from the Black Society of the Tauza Nation to the government and local police authority of Buenos Aires. The Black Society of the Tauza Nation sought to establish a mutual aid society where Afro-descendant people could congregate, dance, play traditional music, and carry out ceremonies. In addition there are documents signed by the legal authorities approving the society as well as a description of the purpose, activities, and bylaws of the society.

From Collection

Miscellaneous Afro-Latin America Collection

Record Contributed By

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. The New York Public Library

Record Harvested From

The New York Public Library