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This collection consists of documents related to slavery, Africans and Afro-Descendants in the province of Matanzas. The material is mostly correspondence on subjects such as the arrival of slaves, runaway slaves, slave revolts, crimes committed by slaves and abolition. The original records cover the dates 1770-1886.

Collection details

Creation date

1770-1868

Languages

Spanish

Scripts

Latin

Originals information

Originals held by the Archivo Historico Provincial de Matanzas.

Creator

Gobierno Provincial de Matanzas, c 1770

Reference

EAP060/1

Level

Fonds

Extent

4 series of records consisting of 530 files comprising 3,728 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

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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. ...
"Communication to D. Jose Jimeno on the suicide of the African slave...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/16
Communication to D. Jose Jimeno on the suicide of the African slave Juan de Dios Mina, who belonged to Jose Justo Benitez. The original file is dated April 1818. ...
Communication related to slaves’ sales

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/17
Communication related to slaves’ sales. The original file is dated July 1818. ...
Communication to D. Juan Tirry y Lacy on the expenses to protect white...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/18
Communication to D. Juan Tirry y Lacy on the expenses to protect white colonist from African slaves. The original file is dated October 1818. ...
Communications by the Matanzas’ medical officer - 1441 African slave landed...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/19
Communications by the Matanzas’ medical officer. 1441 African slave landed in Matanzas were vaccinated. The original file is dated September 1819. ...
Communications to Matanzas’ governor related with epidemic diseases on board...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/20
Communications to Matanzas’ governor related with epidemic diseases on board vessels arriving from Africa. The original file covers the dates April-July 1819. ...
File of slaver Santa Ines

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/21
File of slaver Santa Ines. The original file is dated November 1819. ...
Communication on sale of slaves arriving from Africa

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/22
Communication on sale of slaves arriving from Africa. The original file is dated December 1819. ...
Communications on the landing of African slaves by American slaver Exchange

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/23
Communications on the landing of African slaves by American slaver Exchange. The original file is dated June 1820. ...
"Communications on French slaver Monton, arriving with slaves from...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/24
Communications on French slaver Monton, arriving with slaves from Africa. The original file is dated July 1820. ...
Copy of communication prohibiting passports to slave trading activities

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/25
Copy of communication prohibiting passports to slave trading activities. The original file is dated August 1822. ...
Communications to Matanzas’ governor on measures to eradicate the African...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/26
Communications to Matanzas’ governor on measures to eradicate the African slave trade in Cuba. The original file is dated April 1826. ...