Description
- Abstract:
- 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.
- 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/)
Access Conditions
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
"Cedula for freed slave"
(1859).
Cuban Slavery documents.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:745890/
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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)....