Collection EAP060/1/1 | Endangered Archives Programme

This series contains documents related to administrative issues regarding African slaves and slavery in Matanzas. The original files cover the dates 1770-1868.

Collection details

Creation date

1770-1868

Languages

Spanish

Scripts

Latin

Originals information

Originals held by the Archivo Historico Provincial de Matanzas.

Reference

EAP060/1/1

Level

Series

Extent

184 files comprising 1,558 Tiff images

Legal:

Access for research purposes only. Not to be reproduced without written permission from the Archivo Historico Provincial de Matanzas.

This collection is part of

Project EAP060:

Diaspora collections at the major archives of the province of Matanzas, Cuba
Collection EAP060/1:

Fondo Gobierno Provincial de Matanzas

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Communication to Don Lorenzo del Escobar on the capture of an African slave

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/1
Communication to Don Lorenzo del Escobar on the capture of an African slave. The original file is dated March 1770. ...
Communication to Don Gabriel Prieto on the illegal landing of a slave

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/2
Communication to Don Gabriel Prieto on the illegal landing of a slave. The original file is dated June 1778. ...
Communication to Don Pedro Bermudez to advise him to be prepared to avoid any...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/3
Communication to Don Pedro Bermudez to advise him to be prepared to avoid any illegal slave landing. The original file is dated April 1790. ...
Document related to an African slave

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/4
Document related to an African slave. The original record is dated July 1790. ...
"Communication to Don Ignacio de Acosta, authorising him to land and...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/5
Communication to Don Ignacio de Acosta, authorising him to land and transport African slaves on board two American ships: Liberty and Friendship. The original file is dated March 1800. ...
"Communication certifying the arrival to Matanzas of an American slaver,...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/6
Communication certifying the arrival to Matanzas of an American slaver, Nancy, from Africa, with 144 slaves on board. The original file is dated December 1800. ...
Copy of a communication allowing the sale of African slaves that arrived on...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/7
Copy of a communication allowing the sale of African slaves that arrived on an American slaver. The original file is dated September 1805. ...
"Copy of a communication allowing the entrance of 80 African slaves that...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/8
Copy of a communication allowing the entrance of 80 African slaves that arrived on El Dorado, an American slaver. The original file is dated October 1811. ...
Copy of a communication allowing Don Joaquin Madan to send his ship to Africa...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/9
Copy of a communication allowing Don Joaquin Madan to send his ship to Africa with the purpose of buying African slaves. The original file covers the dates January 1815-July 1816. ...
Communication of Matanzas governor on a runaway slave found dead inside an...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/10
Communication of Matanzas governor on a runaway slave found dead inside an empty house. The original file is dated May 1816. ...
Copy of a communication asking to extend the slave trade

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/11
Copy of a communication asking to extend the slave trade. The original file is dated July 1816. ...
Communication to D. Juan Tirry y Lacy on the opening of the Matanzas’s harbor...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/12
Communication to D. Juan Tirry y Lacy on the opening of the Matanzas’s harbor to the slave trade. The original file is dated July 1816. ...
Communication to Matanzas’s governor on African slaves sent to Havana

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/13
Communication to Matanzas’s governor on African slaves sent to Havana. The original file is dated August 1816. ...
"Communication to Matanzas’s governor on three African slaves sold in...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/14
Communication to Matanzas’s governor on three African slaves sold in Holguin, which entered Cuba illegally. The original file is dated October 1817. ...
Communication in regard to the search of the body of an African slave:...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/15
Communication in regard to the search of the body of an African slave: Francisco Carabali. The original file is dated March 1818. ...