Slavery--Cuba

Abstract A manuscript "outlining the sale of several slaves between Brooks and Company and Marcelina Barthe [Lescaille]. The document records the name, approximate age, and price of each slave, including a young woman and her daughter, Clara, age four. Most of the slaves are referred to as "mulata" or "criolla" indicating that they are of mixed blood. The contract ends with an agreement that the sellers are no longer liable for the slaves, indicating that any future issues or illnesses are now the...

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A collection of several documents spanning six leaves that shows the persistent nature of slavery in Cuba during the later half of the 19th century. Though Cuba ended its participation in the slave trade in 1867, it was not until 1886 that slavery was finally abolished by royal decree.

Scope and Contents This collection contains a manuscript register of expenses for the household of Judge George Canning Backhouse. The register includes the names of Backhouse's indentured servants and was recorded during his time in Cuba while serving as a judge under Queen Victoria in the Havana Mixed Commission for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Entries are made by Backhouse and his wife, Grace. There are also separate pages tallying household expenses and travel expenses from a trip to Hanover in...

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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.