Title Information
Title
Bill of sale for slaves - mother and son
Type of Resource
text
Language
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
spa
Origin Information
Date Created
1856 November 12
Date Created (keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")
1856-11-12
Genre (aat)
bills of sale
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Child slaves
Geographic
Cuba
Genre (aat)
legal documents
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Legal instruments
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Slavery
Geographic
Cuba
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Slavery
Geographic
Cuba
Temporal
19th century
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Enslaved persons
Geographic
Cuba
Abstract (displayLabel="Scope and Contents note")
Manuscript document written in Havana, Cuba dated November 6, 1856. One leaf - two pages (text on one page). This fascinating document is a bill of sale for two slaves, a mother and son. Both of them were sold for 318 pesos. Translated summary of the document reads as follows; Maria de la Paz Zarco sells to Luis Camino, the domestic servant slave by the name of Carlota and her son, Damaso for the sum of 68 and 250 pesos respectively. Signed: Havana, 12/11/1856. Maria de la Paz Zarco and Luis Camino.
Physical Description
Extent
8.5 x 12.5 in.
digitalOrigin
reformatted digital
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:421250
Identifier (displayLabel="MODS_ID")
bdr421250
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.