El indio constitucional

Discussion of the implications of the establishment of the Spanish Constitution for the indigenous populations of Mexico, including the consequences of declaring Catholicism as the state religion. Also includes two other documents, 'El indio constitucional a todos los americanos. Segundo papel', dated 30 July 1820, published Mexico City, Imprenta de Ontiveros, and 'Segunda parte del indio constitucional, ó idioma de la sensibilidad', including a poem entitled 'Concluyese con esta octava', published Oficina de D. Alejandro Valdes, 1820