1872 Slave Registry for Mayagüez, Puerto Rico: An Analysis
Rigoberto Andino
Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, Department of Ethnic and Race Studies randino@bmcc.cuny.eduPublished : 2023-05-24
Section : Scientific articles
Abstract
This article examines the 1872 slave registry for Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The 1872 slave registry is a document compiled before the formal emancipation of slavery in 1873. This analysis, unlike previous ones, explores the categories in the registry that arguably provide a glimpse of the kinds of cash crops grown in this municipality. The categories examined include kinship ties (marriage and children), manumission status (courtacion), geographical location (ward, neighborhood (barrio), or jurisdiction) and filiation (age, origin, sex, and somatic characteristics or phenotype). What is different from previous studies that review a portion of the 1872 slave registry is that it considers the number of slaves held or owned by individual slave holders/owners. In this analysis slave holdings frame the relationship between geographical location and commodity production. Spatial location and the size of slave holdings contribute to what this article contends shapes the geography of commodity production in nineteenth century Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
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