Documentos de que hasta ahora se compone el expediente que principiaron las Cortes extraordinarias sobre el tráfico y esclavitud de los Negros
Contributors: Argüelles, Agustín de, 1776-1844; Muro y Salazar, Salvador, marqués de Someruelos, 1754-1813; Arango y Parreño, Francisco, 1765-1837; Spain. Cortes (1813-1814)
Publisher: Imprenta de Repulles
Published: 1814
Place of publication: Madrid
Language: spa
Number of pages: 157
Subjects: Slave trade; Slavery
Notes: "Ha sido forzoso el desórden que se notará en la foliatura de esta obra. Desgraciadamente comenzó su impresion por el Documento VI, y quando se observó este error, era ya tan tarde, que no quedaba otro recurso que el que se ha tomado, estos es, el de poner los documentos por su órden, y que quede trastornada la numeracion de las páginas."--Advertencia.

"Proposiciones del Sr. Don José Miguel Guridi Alcocer", p. 87-102, 2nd count, has separate caption title, and is a proposition by the author to abolish slavery.

"Senor. La cuidad de la Habana, pour medio de su ayuntamiento, consulado y sociedad patriótica ...", p. 1-86, 3rd count, has separate caption title of "Senor" only, and concerns the slave population in Cuba.

"En la acta constitucional de los Estados Unidos, ó sea organizacion de su gobierno supremo", paragraphs 1-3 on p. 103, 4th count, begins with text only and has text in English with the Spanish translation; these paragraphs are dated Habana 20 de julio de 1811.

"Constitucion del estado de Kentucky", p. 103-104, 4th count, has separate caption title, and concerns the subject of slavery in the state of Kentucky.

Pages 105-138 contain pieces by Agustin de Arguelles, debates of the Spanish Cortes, a report of the captain general of Cuba, the Marques de Someruelos, comments by Francisco de Arango y Parreño, and further discussions in the Cortes on the slave trade question.

Pages 139-154 are numbered and printed on recto only and consist of tables of statistical charts of the slave populations in the West Indies, the number of free blacks and slaves in Cuba, and the breakdown by city and town. There is also a comparative chart of the number of slaves in the United States broken down by state, comparing the numbers from 1790 and 1800.

Signatures: pi² [l₄] m⁴ n⁴ (-n4); a-k⁴ l⁴ (-l4); [n₄] o-x⁴ chi²

Errata: p. [4], 1st count.

Engraved printer's ornament on title page; head pieces.