(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION CUBA) Group of 11 reports on the dea

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--CUBA.) Group of 11 reports on the deaths of enslaved and free black Cubans. 11 manuscript documents, each one or two pages, about 7 x 6 inches; stitch holes, some with police or hospital inked stamps, toning and foxing. Cuba, 1861-64

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Among the deceased are: Rosalia, an emancipated woman from the Congo at the "Department of the Demented" Bonifacio, a free back man sent from the jail to the slave depository Silvestre, an emancipated man who had been held at the depository Juan Omello, an African of the Lucimí nation, who had worked on Havana's sea wall The 7-month-old son of an emancipated slave Rafael, a slave from the Congo nation, died of lung disease and did not receive sacrament Matias of the Congo, a slave of Joaquin Lahuerta of Calzano, aged 50 An 11-month-old infant owned by Juana Gonzales, of tetanus Dolores Verdugo of Congo, enslaved woman aged 33, married to a man from the Congo Leonia Valdes, aged 2, daughter of Silvestra Isidro Alonso.