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Slavery -- Cuba

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Baptismal records of enslaved and emancipated Cubans

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01636
Scope and Contents

Four separate letters directed to Catholic Priests in various localities in Cuba asking for the Baptism of children of enslaved individuals. One letter asks for Baptism from an emancipated man by the direction of Public Works for the state. Translations provided.

Dates: 1838-1875

Consulado de S. M. Catolica en Jamaica letters

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01788
Content Description

Four letters from the Letters sent from the offices of the Consulado de S. M. Catolica en Jamaica to the Capitan General de la Isla de Cuba. They were written by consular officers Antonio Brosa and Carlos Duquesnay. Brosa and Duquesnay report on "disorder" and "disruptions" they attribute to enslaved people and "los emancipados."

Dates: March 28th, 1839 - August 23rd, 1842

Notice of sale of enslaved man, Manuel

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01635
Scope and Contents

Cuban document that confirms the sale of Manual from Antonio Maria Hernandez to D. Vacemcelo, signed in the city of Alacranes. Translation of document included in the collection.

Dates: 1877 November 26