Primary Documents & Sources

Letter 1868

La Borinqueña: Puerto Rico's National Anthem and Its Two Versions

Letter 1868

The Ten Commandments of Free Men (1868) - Ramón Emeterio Betances

Legal Text 1897

Carta Autonómica (Autonomous Charter) of 1897

Decree 1898

General Miles's Proclamation to the People of Puerto Rico (1898)

Legal Text 1898

Treaty of Paris (1898)

Treaty 1898

Treaty of Paris (1898) — Article IX: Puerto Rico's Transfer

Letter 1899

Eugenio María de Hostos: Petition to the United States Government (1899)

Legal Text 1900

Foraker Act (1900) — The First Organic Act

Legal Text 1900

Foraker Act (1900) - Organic Act of Puerto Rico

Legal Text 1900

Foraker Act — Full Provisions Analysis (1900)

Government Report 1900

The Resident Commissioner: Voice Without Vote in Congress

Legal Text 1901

The Insular Cases: Constitutional Framework for American Colonialism (1901-1922)

Legal Text 1901

The Insular Cases (1901-1922)

Legal Text 1901

Justice Harlan's Dissent in Downes v. Bidwell (1901)

Legal Text 1901

Downes v. Bidwell (1901) — The Lead Insular Case

Legal Text 1901

Downes v. Bidwell, 182 U.S. 244 (1901)

Legal Text 1917

Jones-Shafroth Act (1917)

Legal Text 1920

Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (Jones Act) — Section 27: Cabotage Provisions

Legal Text 1920

Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (Jones Act — Cabotage Law)

Legal Text 1920

The Jones Act (Merchant Marine Act of 1920): Cabotage Provisions

Legal Text 1920

The Jones Act (Merchant Marine Act of 1920): How Shipping Law Became Colonial Tax

Legal Text 1922

Balzac v. Porto Rico, 258 U.S. 298 (1922)

Government Report 1930

Brookings Institution Report: Porto Rico and Its Problems (1930)

Government Report 1930

The Brookings Institution Report on Porto Rico (1930)

Letter 1931

The Cornelius Rhoads Letter: Colonial Medicine's Racist Foundation (1931)

Letter 1936

Selected Speeches of Pedro Albizu Campos

Government Report 1937

ACLU Hays Commission Report on the Ponce Massacre (1937)

Government Report 1937

Hays Commission (ACLU) Report on the Ponce Massacre (1937)

Government Report 1937

ACLU Hays Report on the Ponce Massacre (1937)

Government Report 1937

ACLU Hays Commission Report on the Ponce Massacre (1937)

Government Report 1937

The Hays Commission Report on the Ponce Massacre (1937)

Government Report 1941

The Puerto Rico Land Authority: Agrarian Reform Records (1941-1970s)

Legal Text 1948

Law 53 of 1948 (The Gag Law): Criminalizing Puerto Rican Identity

Legal Text 1948

Law 53 of 1948 (Gag Law / Ley de la Mordaza)

Legal Text 1948

Law 53 of 1948: The Puerto Rico Gag Law (Ley de la Mordaza)

Legal Text 1950

Public Law 600 — Federal Relations Act (1950)

Legal Text 1952

Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (1952)

Letter 1953

U.S. Letter to the UN Removing Puerto Rico from Decolonization List (1953)

Legal Text 1960

UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 — Declaration on Decolonization (1960)

Government Report 1965

Mass Sterilization of Puerto Rican Women (1937-1970s)

Government Report 1972

UN Decolonization Committee Proceedings on Puerto Rico (1972-present)

Government Report 1972

UN Special Committee Resolutions on Puerto Rico's Colonial Status

Legal Text 1972

UN Special Committee on Decolonization: Resolutions on Puerto Rico (1972-present)

Testimony 1973

Pedro Pietri: 'Puerto Rican Obituary' — Complete Analysis

Letter 1973

Puerto Rican Obituary by Pedro Pietri (1973)

Legal Text 1974

ASPIRA Consent Decree (1974)

Government Report 1976

Church Committee Report on COINTELPRO (1976)

Legal Text 1987

Noel Colón Martínez v. Gobernador (1987) — The Carpetas Decision

Government Report 1996

Section 936 Repeal: Congressional Record and Economic Impact Analysis

Government Report 2003

Vieques Environmental Contamination: Federal Studies and Findings

Legal Text 2012

Puerto Rico Police Department Consent Decree (2012)

Government Report 2013

ATSDR Study: Cancer Rates in Vieques (2013)

Government Report 2014

Congressional Gold Medal for the 65th Infantry Regiment (Borinqueneers) — 2014

Legal Text 2015

Obergefell v. Hodges (2015): Marriage Equality Reaches Puerto Rico

Legal Text 2016

PROMESA (2016): The Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act

Legal Text 2016

PROMESA Act (2016)

Legal Text 2016

Puerto Rico v. Sánchez Valle, 579 U.S. 59 (2016)

Legal Text 2016

Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) — 2016

News Article 2017

Trump's Puerto Rico Visit: Paper Towels and Colonial Indifference (October 3, 2017)

News Article 2017

Presidential Visit to Puerto Rico After Hurricane María (2017)

Government Report 2018

Harvard T.H. Chan School Study: Estimated Deaths from Hurricane María (2018)

Testimony 2018

Harvard/GWU Studies on Hurricane María Death Toll (2018)

Government Report 2018

GAO Report on Puerto Rico's Fiscal Crisis and Federal Oversight (2018)

Government Report 2018

Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María (NEJM Study)

Government Report 2018

George Washington University Hurricane María Mortality Study (2018)

News Article 2019

Telegramgate: The 889 Pages That Toppled a Governor (July 2019)

Legal Text 2022

United States v. Vaello Madero: Supreme Court Upholds Colonial Inequality (2022)

Government Report 2022