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Title
Black Troops/Regiment of Freedmen - Argentina
Names
Azcuenaga y Basavilbaso, Miguel de, 1754-1833 (Author)
Collection

Miscellaneous Afro-Latin America Collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1812 - 1818 (Approximate)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc MG 418
Shelf locator: Box 1, Folder 11
Topics
Black people -- History -- Latin America
Black people -- Social conditions
Slavery -- History -- Latin America
Enslaved persons -- Latin America -- Social conditions
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Armed Forces
Genres
decrees
Documents
Notes
Content: Lest We Forget #211
Description
Decree by Don Miguel de Azcuénaga y Basabilvaso, Colonel of the State Armed Forces. Decree orders the creation of a regiment of Freemen. The decree spells out the procedure for how slaves are to be incorporated into the regiment and extends the decree of May 31, 1813 throughout the Province of Buenos Aires.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
Spanish, Castilian
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18401028
MSS Unit ID: 22005
Archives EAD ID: 3197846
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f8dfafe0-c608-012f-7660-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1754: Creator Born
  • 1812: Created (Approximate)
  • 1833: Creator Died
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Black Troops/Regiment of Freedmen - Argentina" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1812 - 1818. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b539820-da28-0132-dc08-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Black Troops/Regiment of Freedmen - Argentina" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b539820-da28-0132-dc08-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1812 - 1818). Black Troops/Regiment of Freedmen - Argentina Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b539820-da28-0132-dc08-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia Citation

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Black Troops/Regiment of Freedmen - Argentina