Autopsy certificate for body of a 57-year-old free Moreno slave

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Year:: 1892
Genre:: legal documents
Subject:: Blacks > Cuba > 19th century; Freedmen; Legal instruments; Racially mixed people > Cuba > 19th century; Slavery > Cuba; Slavery > Cuba > 19th century; Enslaved persons > Cuba; Enslaved persons > Death
Extent:: 6 x 8.5 in.

Abstract:: Partly printed document dated June 16, 1882. Translated summary of this document reads as follows; Public Morgue, The body of the Moreno Mateo Zombielo, of 57 years of age, native of Havana, single has undergone an autopsy carried out by the local coroner. Signed: Havana, 16/6/1892. Francisco Olaguer [TN: the surname is a qualified guess]. No. 61.
Notes:: 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/)

"Autopsy certificate for body of a 57-year-old free Moreno slave" (1892). Cuban Slavery documents. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:421246/

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Cuban Slavery documents

Documents including letters, certificates, and inventories relating to the institution of slavery, slaves, and indentured servants in Cuba dating from 1820-1892. Many of the documents refer to Chinese people brought to Cuba as indentured servants or contract laborers (colonos).
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