[Cuba]. [Slavery]

[Cuban Manuscript Document Noting the Death of a Chinese Laborer]

Havana: 1872. Manuscript form, approximately 8.5 x 6.25 inches. Minor wear at edges; a few small worm holes. Contemporary ink stamp. Light tanning and offsetting. Very good. Item #3066

This 1872 manuscript form from a Havana jail, the Celaduria de la Punta, notes the death there of an "Asiatico," a Chinese indentured servant, with the given name of Juan Macao, and orders the transfer of the body to the mortuary for cremation. Indentured servants found themselves jailed for several reasons, including suspicion of theft and other crimes, recapture following runaway, or mere suspicion of abandoning a contract.

Price: $450.00