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SPANISH COLONIAL DOCUMENT / FREE SLAVE WORK CONTRACT / PUERTO RICO 1873 #3

$ 65.97

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: for condition see pictures and description
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Puerto Rico

    Description

    A very rare antique slavery Spanish colonial 'Free slave work contract' document
    "Contrato Esclavo liberto"
    from Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
    dated April 1873 / signed
    After slavery was abolished in Puerto Rico
    in March 1873 the government granted slaves
    the right to sign work 3 year
    contracts
    with their
    former owners where
    they promised to work
    exclusively for them from sunrise to sunset
    and
    the former slave owners guaranteed
    in exchange
    to feed them twice a day and compensate them for their work
    measures 8 3/4 by 12 1/2 inches
    in overall good condition, clean with the usual worm damage
    *please note that the color tones may be altered by the camera*
    I will gladly combine or reduce shipping for multiple items,
    if you have any questions feel free to ask.
    21/5751
    And thanks for looking