Three slave registries from Puerto Rico written in Spanish dated 1868, 1869, and 1871. The names of the enslaved individuals are not known, but descriptions of each, including race and age as well as their enslavers' names, are listed on the documents.
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Puerto Rico Slave Documents, 1868-1871, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.