![]() ![]() 1863-1879: Puerto Rico Slave Registers, 1863-1879 at FamilySearch index & images.Other Slave Documents Īdditional slave documents are available at FamilySearch and the New York Public Library Digital Collection. Links to FamilySearch images organized by location are available at this blog.1872 Puerto Puerto Rico, Registro Central de Esclavos (Slave Registers), 1872, images.Even so, slavery continued in spots for several more years. ![]() The records helped the government compensate owners for each freed slave. This record type is fairly unique for Latin America as it was created the year before the slaves were freed by the government in 1873. This data is available at FamilySearch (images only) and (index only). In 1872, the Spanish government ordered a central registry of all slaves living in Puerto Rico at that time. Retrieved 15 June 2019.Slavery Registry of 1872 De esta forma la historia hace patria." (Enrique Laguerre) Castillo Labadie. A la historia hay que ponerle levadura, que se salga de los datos, de fechas, sucesos y se asocie con la gente, con la vida, que no cesa de fluir. Fue hacienda cafetalera, luego sembradío de caña y de piña, pero, La Llamarada le dio un halo de leyenda a esta casa. Es como cuando muere un gran hombre y los cuentos apagan la historia y comienza la leyenda. ^ "Veo a la casa como un edificio histórico con levadura de leyenda, porque la ficción la convierte en mito.Nomination document National Register of Historic Places Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. ^ a b "Palacete Los Moreau Official site" (in Spanish).^ a b c d "National Register Information System".In accordance with his wishes, Laguerre's body was cremated and his ashes are interred in a small mausoleum on the grounds of the estate. ![]() The estate is open free of charge to the public. In 1993 the municipality of Moca acquired the property and restored the house calling it "El Palacete Los Moreau" in honor of the novel. Laguerre recognized how the novel transformed the house into a legend, "it's like when a great man dies and literature replaced history and the legend begins." He describes the house as it existed during the early 20th century, and the Moreau family are largely based upon the Labadies. The house, under the name “Hacienda Palmares de la Familia Moreau”, became immortalized in Puerto Rican literature by " La Llamarada", a novel about the Depression-era sugar cane industry written by Puerto Rican author Enrique Laguerre. One of the towers originally housed the library of the house. The main element of the house is the front porch that is flanked by two towers. Serva conceived the design as a Caribbean adaptation of a Chateau in Châteauesque architecture. The house was designed by Paul Servajean, the administrator of the sugar mill "Central Coloso" in Aguada. Plans for the construction of the house started in 1893. His widow, Cornelia Pellot decided to demolish the old house of wood to build a new one made out of concrete.Īfter the Spanish–American War Puerto Rico became a commonwealth of the United States in 1898, the estate became solely a sugar plantation belonging to Central Coloso. Juan Labadié lived on the plantation until his death in 1893. The other quarter was divided between cane, timber and cattle. At the time of acquisition the property had an area of 1,300 acres, of which three quarters were planted with coffee. The hacienda was sold to Juan Labadié in 1860. History īuilt in 1893, it is the only building still standing of an agricultural conglomerate where both coffee and sugar were planted and processed. ![]() It's listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Hacienda Iruena Manor House. The property was restored as a museum and renamed the "Palacete Los Moreau" in honor of Laguerre's novel. Historically known as the Labadie Mansion, the house inspired Enrique Laguerre to write La Llamarada. Palacete Los Moreau is a house museum located in Moca, Puerto Rico. ![]()
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