Provincia de Matanzas Termino Municipal de Cardenas Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0850

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents

A handwritten and highly detailed register of semi-emancipated slaves under the Cuban concept of the patronato, meaning, an intermediate status between slave and free. This concept denied the idea that interests of slave masters and former slaves were in conflict, and suggested that interests could be mediated and compromised to the benefit of both through a system of patrocinado. This register gives the names of over 1400 people who were provisionally released from slavery after Cuba began its gradual emancipation. Each listing provides the owner's name, the former slave's name and age, and details about them. The slaves of the Spanish colonies were among the last to be emancipated in 1886.

Dates

  • 1883

Conditions Governing Access

This collection may be viewed only in the reading room of Special Collections in the Jean and Alexander Heard Library. Collections should be requested 2-3 days prior to visiting in order to facilitate easier access. For questions or to request a collection, contact specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (1 flat box)

Language of Materials

Spanish; Castilian

Additional Description

Overview

A handwritten and highly detailed register of semi-emancipated slaves under the Cuban concept of the patronato, meaning, an intermediate status between slave and free. This register gives the names of over 1400 people who were provisionally released from slavery after Cuba began its gradual emancipation. Each listing provides the owner's name, the former slave's name and age, and details about them.

Physical Location

Offsite Storage, Special Collections & Archives

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding Aid for the Provincia de Matanzas Termino Municipal de Cardenas Manuscript
Status
Unprocessed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections Repository

http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/specialcollections/
Contact:
Jean and Alexander Heard Library
419 21st Avenue South
Nashville TN 37203 United States

 

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