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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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Communications on measures to avoid the landing of African slaves

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/87
Communications on measures to avoid the landing of African slaves. The original file is dated July 1854. ...
Communications to the Governor of Matanzas on a robbery of African slaves...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/88
Communications to the Governor of Matanzas on a robbery of African slaves from the estate of D. Miguel de Cardenas. The original file is dated June 1854. ...
Communications on a slaver near Matanzas’s coast

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/89
Communications on a slaver near Matanzas’s coast. The original file is dated July 1854. ...
Communications on an expedition with African slave trying to land near Cardenas

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/90
Communications on an expedition with African slave trying to land near Cardenas. The original file is dated August 1854. ...
Communications to the Governor of Matanzas on the death of an African slave

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/91
Communications to the Governor of Matanzas on the death of an African slave. The original file is dated August 1854. ...
Draft of communication on measures taken in Canasi to avoid the introduction...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/92
Draft of communication on measures taken in Canasi to avoid the introduction of African slaves. The original file is dated October 1854. ...
Communications to the Governor of Matanzas on a supposed landing of African...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/93
Communications to the Governor of Matanzas on a supposed landing of African slaves on board a Portuguese slaver. The original file is dated November 1854. ...
Communications to the Governor of Matanzas on the trial against D. Manuel...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/94
Communications to the Governor of Matanzas on the trial against D. Manuel Montes and others accused of landing slaves. The original file is dated March 1855. ...
Communications on the power of the Governor of Matanzas to prosecute cases...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/95
Communications on the power of the Governor of Matanzas to prosecute cases involving the slave trade. The original file covers the dates October-November 1855. ...
Communications on judicial file opened on the landing of African slaves in...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/96
Communications on judicial file opened on the landing of African slaves in Boca de Jaruco. The original file is dated February 1856. ...
Communications on the vigilance of Portuguese citizens involved in the slave...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/97
Communications on the vigilance of Portuguese citizens involved in the slave trade. The original file is dated February 1856. ...
File of inquires on the landing of African slaves near Hatibonico river

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/98
File of inquires on the landing of African slaves near Hatibonico river. The original file is dated April 1856. ...
Communications to the Governor of Matanzas on the deportation of people...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/99
Communications to the Governor of Matanzas on the deportation of people involved in slave trading activities. The original file is dated May 1856. ...
Communications on measures to punish slave traders

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/100
Communications on measures to punish slave traders. The original file covers the dates May-June 1856. ...
Communications to the Governor of Matanzas on new measures to stop the slave...

File Ref: EAP060/1/1/101
Communications to the Governor of Matanzas on new measures to stop the slave trade. The original file is dated June 1856. ...