Title Information
Title
Cedula for freed slave
Type of Resource
text
Language
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
spa
Origin Information
Date Created
1859 June 1
Date Created (keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")
1859-06-01
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Freedmen
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Identification cards
Genre (aat)
legal documents
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Legal instruments
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Slavery
Geographic
Cuba
Temporal
19th century
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Enslaved persons
Topic
Emancipation
Geographic
Cuba
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Sugar workers
Geographic
Cuba
Temporal
19th century
Physical Description
Extent
7.5 x 8.5 in.
digitalOrigin
reformatted digital
Abstract (displayLabel="Scope and Contents note")
Partly printed, filled in manuscript document issued in Isla de Pinos, Cuba in 1859. This free/emancipated slave ID document was issued at the "Comandancia Militar y Political de la Isla de Pinos". Left and right margins contain 11 articles which quote laws and regulations pertaining to "cedulas". The mid section contains personal information of the free slave. Translated summary of this document reads as follows; Isla de Pinos District - 1859. Nueva Gerona, June 1st. Certificate of freedom issued on behalf of Juan Audivert, of San Juan y Martinez, of 30 years of age, who lives in Tejar. Signed: Jaime Ochoa [TN:surname is a qualified guess]. There is a seal of the Military Commander Post at Isla de Pinos. A fee of 4 reales was paid for the certificate.
Related Item: Host
Title Information
Title
Cuban Slavery Documents collection
Origin Information
Date Created (keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")
1820
Date Created: End
1892
Identifier: Local
Ms.2014.018
Location
URL
http://www.riamco.org/render.php?eadid=US-RPB-ms2014.018&view=title
Note (displayLabel="Digital object made available by ")
Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts , Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)
Identifier (displayLabel="BDR_PID")
bdr:421187
Identifier (displayLabel="MODS_ID")
bdr421187
Access Condition: rights statement (href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/")
No Copyright - United States
Access Condition: restriction on access
Collection is open for research.