[Cuba]. [Slavery]

[Partially Printed Form, Completed in Manuscript, Detailing a Bill of Sale for Slaves in Cuba]

Havana: 1809. [1]p. on a bifolium. Printed form completed in manuscript. Previously folded. Small portion of upper left corner torn away and some scattered worming, neither affecting text. Upper right of blank conjugate leaf clipped. Some scattered staining and offsetting, with even tanning. Good. Item #5958

An early 19th-century bill of sale for four slaves in Havana. The form, completed in manuscript, approves the sale by Doña Dolores Hernandez of "quatros negros" who had been brought from the coast of Africa on the slave ship Juno, captained by Jabez Gibbs, 1360 reales. It further states that the enslaved men are, "Con la calidad de bozal, alma en boca, huesos en costal à uso de férias, sin asegurar de tachas ni enfermedades, mal de corazon, gota coral, de S. Lazaro, ni orta qualesquiera que puede paceder la humana naturaleza, porque toas corren por cuenta del comprador...." The document is signed by the relevant authorities and dated March 26, 1809. A good document of the slave trade in Cuba during the early 1800s.

Price: $950.00