Registre general de libertos de la Provincia de Matanzas. Movimiento de libertos en Julio 1881.
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | Spanish |
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| Item Description: | Hand bound. "Término Municipal de Macuriges. Junta Local de Patronato"--Stamped. During the nineteenth century, Matanzas became the centre of Cuban sugar production, which influenced a high demand for slave labour. The territory became the major destination for African slaves in Cuba. Macuriges was a rural district to the east of Matanzas Bay. Printed register of births and deaths, manuscript listing of 43 freedmen, with their name, residence, sex, date of birth, date of death, name of mother, also name and residence of their patrons. Hand bound. The Spanish Cortes approved an abolition law in 1880 that provided for an eight-year period of patronato (tutelage) for all slaves liberated according to the law. This amounted to indentured servitude, as slaves were required to spend those 8 years working for their masters at no charge. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 leaves ; 32 x 44 cm |