May 07, 2020 - Sale 2534

Sale 2534 - Lot 77

Price Realized: $ 469
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--CUBA.) Group of 12 manumission documents. Manuscript documents, each one page and about 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches; moderate toning and worming, stitch holes. Cuba, 1871-72

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Each of these documents names the slaveholder and one or more enslaved persons granted "libertad," including Preciliana, parda criolla, aged 26 Saturnina, morenita criolla, aged 14 Nicasia, negra, aged 30 Caridad, aged 20 Higinia, morena criolla, aged 27 Dolores, aged 30 Francisca, negra, aged 30 Gabriela, mulata, aged 15 Modesta, morena criolla, aged over 30 Dolores, parda criolla, aged 16 Group of 3 including Simon, moreno criollo, aged 31; Manuel, moreno de Africa, aged 40; and José, pardo criollo, aged 18 Nazario, moreno de Africa, aged 55.