Montero Bolaños de los Reyes, Francisco Xavier. Papeles que pertenecen a Francisco Xavier Montero Bolaños de los Reyes.
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Caracas, 1765-1770. 72 pages.
Petition, auto, and testimonials concerning the purity of race (limpieza de sangre) of Francisco Montero Bolaños de los Reyes. Caracas, 1765-1770.
The purity of race (limpieza de sangre) was documented by testimonials demonstrating that the person was not a descendant of Moors, Jews, heretics, or penitenciados (persons punished by the Inquisition). This documentation was a prerequisite in Spain and its colonies in order to be admitted into a corporation, school or university, to practice a profession, or a trade, and to get married. A law of May 16, 1865, abolished this requirement for marriage and for admission into the public service, and it was definitively abolished by the 27th article of the 1869 Constitution, and the 15th article of the 1876 Constitution (in force).
This manuscript is an important source for the study of social or economic discrimination against racial or ethnic groups in Spain and its colonies till the end of the XIX century.
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