THE PRESENCE OF AFROGOYANS IN NOTARIAL AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE XIX CENTURY

Abstract

In the middle of the 19th century, the port of Goya was an important commercial exchange space. This generated the formation of a relevant local elite. This work investigates the property of slaves as a symbol of wealth and status that appear both in wills as well as in other notarial and legal documents such as the registry, the marriage dowry and those of sales. The period covered goes from the years 1800-1834 with special emphasis on the daughters of the surviving heirs of Don Francisco de Soto