Philip III’s decree framed Morisco expulsion as voluntary emigration

Evidence

Also obliged to leave were former Granadan Moriscos who had been slaves but who by the time the proclamations had been made had become free men, and included in this expulsion were the Moriscos known as “Moriscos Antiguos” [i. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1529 (#complicates, via linked claim)

1. Firstly all the Moriscos of this Kingdom, men and women with their children, should within three days from the publication of this proclamation in the places where they live, leave their houses and embark wherever the Commissar orders them to do. They might take with them “such goods and chattels as they can carry” and embark on the ships prepared to take them across to North Africa, where they would be landed “without suffering either in their own persons or in what they are carrying with them, any ill-treatment or harm by word or by deed.” They are told they will have provisions supplied on the voyage, and are advised themselves to bring what they can with them. Disobedience to the proclamation was to be punished by death. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1433 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Spain shifted the expulsion’s administrative burden onto the Moriscos themselves; Philip III justified expelling all Spanish Moriscos on grounds of unified disloyalty and conspiracy — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1880; Even freed Morisco slaves were forced into the expulsion — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1529 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Even freed Morisco slaves were forced into the expulsion #complicates (0.85) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1529
• Expelled Moriscos got three days to leave with only portable goods #complicates (0.80) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1433
• Expelled Moriscos could convert assets to goods but forfeited land to the Crown #complicates (0.79)
• Even expelled Moriscos had to pay passage on privately owned deportation ships #complicates (0.78) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1455
• Real property of expelled Moriscos automatically escheated to the crown #complicates (0.78)