[SLAVERY & ABOLITION - CUBA]. A group of 11 manumission
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[SLAVERY & ABOLITION - CUBA]. A group of 11 manumission and sale documents for enslaved persons in Cuba. Â
Single document, 2pp, 6 x 8 1/2 in., 2 February 1841. -- Folio pages from ledger, 8 x 12 1/2 in. Several with printed numbers. Â
They appear to be pages from ledgers recording all legal events in at least one district in Cuba. All in Spanish and dated 1873. According to the translator/consignor, these record 5 slaves for sale, both males and females, ages 49, 18, 14, 10, and 8 years; the sale of a 16-year old girl; manumission granted an 11-year-old boy; the sale of a 41-year-old African female; the sale of a 19-year-old female by an infantry commander; manumission of a 17-year-old girl by Shelton & Company; manumission of a 20-year-old male by Brooks & Company; manumission of a 24-year-old woman who was a native of France; and the manumission of "moreno colorado," a brown man of 19 years.
Single document, 2pp, 6 x 8 1/2 in., 2 February 1841. -- Folio pages from ledger, 8 x 12 1/2 in. Several with printed numbers. Â
They appear to be pages from ledgers recording all legal events in at least one district in Cuba. All in Spanish and dated 1873. According to the translator/consignor, these record 5 slaves for sale, both males and females, ages 49, 18, 14, 10, and 8 years; the sale of a 16-year old girl; manumission granted an 11-year-old boy; the sale of a 41-year-old African female; the sale of a 19-year-old female by an infantry commander; manumission of a 17-year-old girl by Shelton & Company; manumission of a 20-year-old male by Brooks & Company; manumission of a 24-year-old woman who was a native of France; and the manumission of "moreno colorado," a brown man of 19 years.
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[SLAVERY & ABOLITION - CUBA]. A group of 11 manumission
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