(CUBA) Petition regarding the 1817 Anglo Spanish slave trade

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(CUBA.) Petition regarding the 1817 Anglo-Spanish slave trade treaty. 12 manuscript pages, 12 x 8 1/2 inches, on 6 disbound sheets, signed by Juan Ignacio Rendón, Rafael O'Farrill, and Indalecio Santos Suárez; minor worming. Havana, 15 November 1820

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England banned the international slave trade in 1807, and in 1817 Spain agreed to follow the ban, giving their traders a three-year grace period. In this document, three Cuban officials petition the King regarding the terms of the ban, and particularly those expeditions that were already in progress before 23 September 1817. The Cubans are asking for a period of ten months to conclude the voyage from Africa to Cuba, adding that "Between two parties, there is nothing more intolerable than trickery and bad faith."