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Fugitive Slaves in the New World

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

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Royal decree issued by the King of Spain concerning fugitive slaves, stating that slaves fleeing from other territories into Spanish America became free and were not to be returned to their former owners.
Format:
Decrees
Created Date:
1789 1859
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Miscellaneous Afro-Latin America Collection

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

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The New York Public Library