Decree abolishing slavery in Mexico in 1829
- Title of the Document
- Decree abolishing slavery in Mexico in 1829
- One Line Summary
- With this decree, Guerrero made Mexico officially abolish slavery.
- Author
- Vicente Guerrero
- Location
- Mexico
- Publisher
- Sam Houston State University
- Transcription
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The Esteemed Mr. President of the United Mexican States, you have kindly addressed me the following decree.
"The president of the United Mexican States to the inhabitants of the republic, know:
Desiring to mark the anniversary of independence in the year 1829 with an act of justice and national charity
that benefits and sustains such an appreciable good: that more and more strengthens public tranquility: that
cooperates in the aggrandizement of the Republic; and that it reinstates an unfortunate part of its inhabitants in
the sacred rights that nature gave them and protects the nation by wise and just laws, in accordance with the
provisions of article 30 of the constitutive act; Using the extraordinary powers granted to me, I have come to
decree.
1. Slavery is abolished in the republic.
2. Those who until today had considered themselves slaves are therefore free.
3. When the circumstances of the treasury allow it, slave owners will be compensated in the terms provided by
law.
And so that everything contained in this decree is fully complied with, I order it to be printed, published and
circulated to those it may concern.
Given in the federal palace of Mexico on September 15, 1920.-Vicente Guerreor.-To D. Jose Maria de
Bocanegra."
And I communicate it to you for your understanding and consequent effects. God and freedom. Mexico
September 15, 1829. - Provenance
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Sam Houston State University, Decree abolishing slavery in Mexico in 1829 (Huntsville, Texas: SHSU Special
Collections), Accessed April 15, 2025, https://digital.library.shsu.edu/digital/collection/p243coll3/id/2243/.
