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
- Date Created
- September 15, 1829
- Location
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1830 Bobby K. Marks Drive
Huntsville, TX 77341 US. - Type of Document
- Government Document
- 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
- “Vicente Guerrero Mexico abolishes slavery in Broadside, September 15, 1829”, Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, Archives of Sam Houston State University, print, Box 1: Folder 20.
