(CUBA) Agüero Melchor Maria de Report on the apprehension of

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(CUBA.) Agüero, Melchor Maria de. Report on the apprehension of a group of escaped slaves. Letter Signed on official letterhead to the president of the Fomento de Agricultura Industria y Comercio. 11 manuscript pages on 5 disbound sheets; minor foxing; docketed 9 March 1848 on first page. Nuevitas, Cuba, 28 February 1848

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Reports an incident in which a military company led by Juan Manuel Primelles encountered an armed escaped slave. The escapee was taken after a difficult fight, but a slave named Lorenzo who had been accompanying the expedition was wounded in the struggle. Four other escaped slaves fled before they could be apprehended.