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.
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Esclavos Bozales
This series contains documents related to administrative issues regarding African slaves and slavery in Matanzas. The original files cover the dates 1770-1868. ... -
Cimarrones
This series contains documents related to administrative issues regarding runaway slaves in the Province of Matanzas. The original files cover the dates 1770-1850. ... -
Sublevaciones
This series contains documents related to administrative issues regarding African slave revolts and runaway slaves in the Province of Matanzas. The original files cover the dates 1825-1848. ... -
Delitos
This series contains documents related to crimes and felonies committed by slaves and Africans in the Province of Matanzas. The original files cover the dates 1845-1884. Only one box of the three containing this Legajo was digitised by the Project. ... -
Communication to Don Lorenzo del Escobar on the capture of an African slave
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
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...
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
Document related to an African slave. The original record is dated July 1790. ... -
"Communication to Don Ignacio de Acosta, authorising him to land and...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
Copy of a communication asking to extend the slave trade. The original file is dated July 1816. ...
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