(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--CUBA.) Correspondence of the Viceroy of New Spain and Governor of Cuba regarding a ship full of captured slaves. 4 printed pages, 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, on one folding sheet, signed in type by Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito; minimal wear. Mexico, January 1819
This document summarizes correspondence going back to 1797 regarding a shipment of 94 slaves from Jamaica to Havana aboard the Spanish schooner Nuestra Señora del Carmen. The ship was captured by a French privateer. The Spanish authorities then declared the slaves free--a case which took more than 20 years to get through the courts. We find no copies of this printing in OCLC.
