Puerto Rican registration form for enslaved persons, Maricelle Ana and Mauricio
date: label: Date
content: September 24, 1867
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A single sheet Puerto Rican Spanish language form titled [Empadronamiento General de Esclavos] ("General Registration of Slaves"). The form is printed on both sides in black ink and completed by hand on the recto in brown ink. Across the top of recto is printed [ISLA DE PUERTO-RICO]. The form is made up of 12 columns reading from left to right: [Nombres. / Sexo. / Nacion. / Edad. / Estado. / Oficio. / Nomb. del padre. / Id. del cónyuga. / Id. de los hijos / Señas personales. / Observaciones.] There are six total individuals listed on the form: Maricelle Ana, with the names of her four children given as: [F(?)es / Asoncion / Lorenzo / Mauricio]; and Mauricio, listed on a separate line. The enslaved individuals are listed as [propiedad de la sucesión de] ("property of the estate of") [Don José Anto. Medina] at the top and Medina's signature is also in the bottom right corner. The verso is composed of printed text in two sections of two columns each with headings reading [Instrucciones para llenar esta Cédula] and [Arcticulos de la Ley el trafico negrero.].
place: label: Place used
content: Menati, Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Spain, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Spanish colonialism
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.1.224
objectType: label: Type
content: forms (documents)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 7/16 × 12 3/16 in. (21.5 × 31 cm)