'D. Antonio Porlier. Sobre esclavos. — Cédula Rl. impresa sobre la educacion, trato y ocupaciones de los esclavos, en todos sus dominios de Indias é Islas Filipinas; publicado en Mejico en Marzo de 1790 = Este impreso está firmado pr. Alegria.' [= the 1789 royal slave code, the so-called Código Negro Español, issued under Carlos IV through Porlier]. A printed imperial slave-regulation filed inside the California provincial papers; 12 tomo pages, the longest single printed item in this stretch. Marquee find: slavery legislation reaching Alta California's governor's archive.
| Date | 1789-05-31 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | D. Antonio Porlier (Secretario de Indias) |
| To | los dominios de Indias é Islas Filipinas |
| Place | Aranjuez |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | IX |
| Original tomo page | pp. 532-43 |
| Savage copy page | 322/320 |
| Scan leaf | n324 |
| Document type | real cédula (impresa) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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How to cite this document
D. Antonio Porlier (Secretario de Indias) to los dominios de Indias é Islas Filipinas, Aranjuez, 1789-05-31, Provincial State Papers, IX, pp. 532-43, Archives of California, C-A 5, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca5/ca5-d273.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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